On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
Comparison and contrast the character of to the light house
1.
2. About Virginia
Woolf
•Virginia Woolf was born
on 25th January 1882 and
died 1941.
•Virginia Woolf was an
English writer considered
one of the most important
modernist 20th century
authors and also a pioneer
in the use of stream of
consciousness.
•Throughout her life ,
Woolf was troubled by her
mental illness . At age of
59,woolf committed
suicide by putting rocks in
her coat pockets and
drowning herself in the
river.
3. About the Novel
•The novel “To The light
house “ is written by
Virginia Woolf in 1927.
•A light house is a tower at
sea or on inland
waterways.
•The novel contains three
parts The Window , Time
passes and The light
house.
•There are two main
women characters first is
Mrs. Ramsay and another
is Lily Briscoe . Both
contain different way of
thinking and accepting the
world.
4. Character of
Mrs. Ramsay
•Mrs. Ramsay was
important , central
character of the novel.
•She was beautiful,
charitable, kind,
sympathetic , match
maker women in the
novel.
•She was mother of
eight children's . She
gives great dinner
parties.
•She proper care of
every persons .
•Representative of
Victorian , Age.
5. Continue
•Sacrifice personal ambition and
passion.
•Mrs. Ramsay a woman belonging to
the Victorian age
•She was perfect house wife.
•Against freedom of woman.
•She is the same woman who is
following all her duties without any
questions.
•She was ideal woman and center of
the house.
•Believe in the idea of womanhood is
motherhood.
•Importance of marriage.
•She satisfies male ego.
6. Character of Lily
Briscoe
•She was young and
unmarried friend of
Mrs. Ramsay.
•She like loneliness
•Independent and
devoted artist.
•Quite express her
emotions threw
paintings.
•Serious and deep
thinker
•She is modern time
women
7. Continue
•Against the idea of
marriage.
•She love freedom
•Struggle for her
passion
•Not involved in
house hold work
•Not care of society
and importance of
self respect.
•Lily’s character very
near to the Virginia’s
real life.
9. Comparison
•Both are beautiful and
perfect house wife.
•Both described as like good
ideal Indian Women.
•Both are queen of the house
and kitchen.
•Both properly care of
husband and other family
members
•Both facing struggling with
her husband’s rudely behavior
•Both character’s art is food
and decorating the house
•Both are kind and
sympathetic nature and
center character.
•Both do their work very
nicely.
11. Comparison
•Both are beautiful and
unmarried women
•Both are represents
modern time women who
believed marriage is not
necessary.
•Both are strong female
characters
•Both depends on their
mentality what they want
to do
•Both are free minded and
independent woman.
•Both dislike household
works like ideal Indian
women.
13. Mrs. Ramsay Lily Briscoe
• Angel in the house
• Conscious about her image
• Believe in marriage
• She thinks about society
• She like house hold work
• She represents Victorian
society
• Falling personality
• Always think about her family
• Society at the center in
thinking
• She was Traditional woman
• Her art is not for art sake it is
for her family’s sake
• Angel in the World
• Conscious about her identity
• Believe in freedom
• She thinks about herself
• She like paintings
• She represents modernist
society
• Rising personality
• Always thinks about her
profession
• Self at the center in thinking
• She was not traditional
woman
• Her art is for art sake
14. Conclusion
• Both characters are different one like
Indian ideal women and one like modern
time of woman.
• In our society we can see both type of
character
• In our culture we can see that ideal
women is more acceptable.
