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VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) - Coggle Diagram
VIRGINIA WOOLF
(1882-1941)
LIFE
Born in London
She didn't go to University - sorrounded by intellectuals
her mother died at the age of 49
in 1904 she moved to Bloomsbury
she founded the "Bloomsbury Group"
in 1912 she married Leonard Woolf
in 1941 she committed suicide
Virginia's first mental breakdown
STYLE
interior monologue
Stream of consciouness
technique
no traditional plot
free inderect speech
THEMES
Womanhood
The passing of time
(difference bewteen subjective and objective time)
MAIN WORKS
(novels)
Mrs Dalloway
(1925)
"To the lighthouse"
(1927)
structure and symbols
3 sections
part I:
The Window
part II
Time passes
part III
The Lighthouse
Mr Ramsay finally goes to the lighthouse with James, Lily Briscoe finishes her painting
times moves quickly, the house decays, World War I takes place
Little James Ramsay wants to visit the lighthouse -
family relationship
symbols
The Lighthouse
(hope, desire)
The Sea
(change, flow of life)
Lily's Painting
(creativity, search for meaning)
THEMES:
the power of time
the fragility of human life
the indifference of nature
acceptance of time and loss