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- Virginia Woolf Biography
To The Lighthouse is one of the most well-known works by Virginia Woolf. Here are a few questions for study and discussion.
- What is important about the title?
- How does Virginia Woolf describe the lighthouse?
- What are the conflicts in this novel? What are the types of conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional)?
- How does Virginia Woolf reveal character in the novel?
- Why does Virginia Woolf use stream of consciousness in this novel? How effective is it? What sort of a "feel" do you get from the characters? The setting? The novelist?
- What are some themes? Symbols? How do they relate to the plot and characters?
- Does the novel end the way you expected? How? Why?
- What is the central/primary purpose? Is the purpose important or meaningful?
- Why is the work usually considered a work of feminist literature?
- What is the role of women in the text? How are mothers represented? What about single/independent women? What is important about women--in the historical context?
- How did Virginia Woolf depict marriage in this novel?
- Would you recommend this novel to a friend?
