The document analyzes Mrs. Ramsay's character in Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse,' highlighting her role as a beautiful, charitable, and devoted mother who embodies the ideal woman of both Victorian and modern times. It discusses her struggle for identity and the societal expectations placed on women, emphasizing that despite her selflessness, she lacks personal desires. The analysis concludes with a reflection on the perceptions of women across time and the complexities of their roles.

1. Mrs. Ramsay’s character reflects in
Present time
Name: Bharti Dharaiya
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Paper no- 9 Modernist literature.

2. “ To The Lighthouse ”
● To The lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia
Woolf
● The Novel center on the Ramsay family and
their visits to the Isle of skye in Scotland
between 1910 and 1920.
● A central motif of the novel is the conflict
between the feminine and masculine
principles at work in the universe.

3. ● Anonymous narrator
shifting narration one
place to another and
also study character’s
minds.
● Novel divided in three
part.
1) The window
2) Time passes
3) The lighthouse

4. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
● She was an English writer.
● She was a pioneer in the use of
stream of consciousness as a
narrative device.
● Consider one of the most
important Modernist 20th
century author.

5. Mrs. Ramsay’s character reflect in present
time??
Mrs. Ramsay. Daya Gada

6. How Mrs. Ramsay’ character reflects in present
time ?
Mrs. Ramsay
● She is beautiful,
beloved, charitable and
mother of many
children.
● She is the lovely at the
centre of the Ramsay
family.
Daya Gada
● She is beautiful,
beloved, charitable and
Caring mother.
● She is the lovely at the
centre of the Gada
family.

7. Mrs Ramsay. Daya Gada
● She is heart of the novel.
● Her duty to softeyher
husband's bullying and to
support family.
● She was great at pulling
together her family.
● She is a kind women.
● She work so hard to be a
perfect wife.
● Reflect the ideal woman
frame of Victorian.
● She is heart of the serial.
● Her duty to soften her
husband's bullying and to
support him.
● She was great at pulling
together her family ,“mahila
mandal” in society.
● She is a kind women.
● She try to become perfect
wife.
● She reflect the ideal woman
of 21th century.

8. Mrs Ramsay. Daya Gada
● Not show single desire for
herself.
● She grooming her
husband.
● She take care of Gada family
and not show single desire
for herself.
● She also grooming her
husband.

9. Conclusion :
● Suffering both character.
● Traditional women consider as Ideal.
● Struggle for identity.
● Modern women consider as bad.
● Who is responsible for that???
● It depends upon condition of women mind.
● It depends upon mentality what we want, people are
Judgemental same condition of women from the
past and present.

10. Work Citated :
● Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) Taxonomic revision of
Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data
Journal 4: e7720. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7720.
● Mrs. Ramsay in To the Lighthouse,
https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/to-the-lighthous
e/mrs-ramsay, November 11, 2008.
● To the Lighthouse,
https://www.britannica.com/topic/To-the-Lighthouse, November
30, 2020
● Virginia Woolf, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf,

11. Thank you!