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Mrs. Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay (a philosopher), their eight children, and several guests are staying at the family's summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye, just before the start of World War I. Just across the bay is a lighthouse, which becomes a prominent presence in the family's life. James Ramsay, the youngest child, wants to go to the Lighthouse the next day, but Mr. Ramsay crushes his hopes, saying that the weather will not be pleasant enough for the trip. James resents his father for his insensitivity as well as for his emotional demands on Mrs. Ramsay, and this resentment persists throughout the novel.

The houseguests include Lily Briscoe, an unmarried painter who begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay; Charles Tansley, who is not very…

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Posted By lola r #182357 at Apr 29, 2011 3:20 AM

how does Virginia Woolf present the theme of marrige in part one The Window in the novel "To The Lighthouse"

talk on the theme marriage and its importance in the novel and also about gender issues with examples from the book

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Posted By elise g #165115 at Jan 13, 2011 12:26 PM

The Window

in the final scene in the window chapter... (last 2 pages) what are the themes and symbols there? and what is an important quote that can be taken from that scene?

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Posted By yontem k #124993 at Feb 05, 2010 6:14 AM

body

I think d house represents Mrs Ramsay`s body and the lighthouse is what in that sense?

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