myth in ‘‘to the lighthouse’’
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Mythic patterns in ‘‘To the Lighthouse’’
• Name: Sonal Baraiya
• Class: MA Sem-3
• Roll No.: 26
• Paper No.: 9- The Modernist Literature
• Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Gardi,
Department of English,
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
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‘‘To the Lighthouse’’-Virginia Woolf (1927)
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What is Myth?
• A myth is a story handed down through history, often through oral tradition, that explains or gives value to the unknown.
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Woolf’s concept• Mrs. Ramsay and major female figures in
Pagan Myth
Zeus
Rhea
(mother)
Demeter
(wife)
Persephone
(daughter)
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Woolf and critic
Two assertions
Knowingly used myth
Subconscious came out
• Woolf’s diary
• Read Jung, Freud, and Frazer
• Known through the members of the Bloomsbury Group
• Third Position
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Mrs. Ramsay resembles Rhea
Rhea Mrs. Ramsay
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Myth of Rhea
• Wife of Cronos
• Has six children, three boys and three girls
• Good and loving mother
• Youngest child- Zeus
• Opposes to his father-Cronos and having Oedipus complex
• Protected Zeus from physical harm
Mrs. Ramsay
• Wife of Mr. Ramsay
• Has eight children, four boys and four girls
• Good and loving mother
• Youngest child- James
• Opposes to his father-Mr. Ramsay and having Oedipus complex
• Protected James from psychological wounds
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Mrs. Ramsay resembles Demeter
Demeter Mrs. Ramsay
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Demeter
• Symbols of fruitfulness
• Opposed to masculinity
• Known for sacrifices and humbleness
• Characterized by sorrow
• Relation with Kore
Mrs. Ramsay
• Mrs. Ramsay symbol of fruitfulness
• Her complete femininity
• Sacrificed her own desire and gave love and sympathy
• Mrs. Ramsay’s sorrow is neither so continuous nor so specifically focused
• Relationship between Mrs. Ramsay and Lily
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Oedipus Myth
• Sexual impulses toward mother
• Impulses of hatred and violence toward father
• James as Jocasta
• Jocasta- ‘‘What demon possessed him, her youngest, her cherished?’’
• James- ‘‘Had there been an axe handy, or a poker, any weapon that would have gashed a hole in his father’s breast and killed him, there and then, James would have seized it’’
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‘‘Fisherman and His Wife’’ and‘‘To the lighthouse’’
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• Greedy wife
• Insatiable demands is not the wife but the husband
• Cherishes needs of other
• Sacrifices her own desire
• Wounds on physical body
• Result- Land became desert
• Insatiable demands
• Craving sympathy and love from Mrs. Ramsay
• Cherishes gift of love
• Sacrifices her own desire and tried to fulfill the desire of other
• Wounds on mental body
• Result- House became desert
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Difference between Pagan Myth and Christian Myth
• Mythical pattern – Women role in Pagan myth is different from Christian myth.
• Pagan Myth- Women as a superior
• Christian Myth- Women as a inferior
• Pagan Myth- Having womb- powerful
• Aware about the lack
• Christian Myth not believed in lack
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Works Cited
Blotner, Joseph L. "To the Lighthouse." Mythical Pattern in to the lighthouse (1956): 547-562.
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