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Reality as seen through the two main characters in Virginia Woolf's to the lighthouse

This thesis is an analysis about individuals' attempt to achieve a
sense of order and stability, which actually is nothing but their response
toward the existence of outer chaos or reality.The Writer is curious to
know how the two main characters in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse,
Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe, are finally able to achieve a sense of order
and stability.
The Title of the novel itself To the Lighthouse suggests that the
characters' attempt to achieve a sense of order and stability requires a sort
of process or a mental journey before they are finally able to come to their
private harbours.Their inner processes, in this case, is due to their
personality and background.
Progressing toward their objective to achieve a sense of order and
stability, the two main characters Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe, finally
find out that the things they care most are actually their harbours. Mrs.
Ramsay is to find out her harbour in her family while Lily Briscoe finds
her private harbour in her painting. They also come to the understanding
that the love they possess toward things they care most has become their
source of strength in dealing with the changeableness of life.
As seen in the lives of those two main characters, the process to
obtain a sense of order and stability is worth-analyzing. In the first place,
the characters' progress toward their objective reflects man's constant
attempt to create a sense of order and stability. Furthermore, it shows that
man is to achieve his objective only when he has discovered his own
source of strength. At this stage, man is prepared to face the uncertainty of
life.

Creator(s)
  • (11488033) LUCIANA P. WIRANTO
Contributor(s)
  • "CHERRY HADIKUSUMO, Dra." → Advisor 1
  • Josefa Juniarti Mardijono → Examination Committee 1
Publisher
Universitas Kristen Petra; 1996
Language
English
Category
s1 – Undergraduate Thesis
Sub Category
Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis
Source
Undergraduate Thesis No. 440/SING/1996; Luciana P. Wiranto (11488033)
Subject(s)
  • WOOLF, VIRGINIA, 1882-1941. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE-STUDY AND TEACHING
  • ENGLISH FICTION-20TH CENTURY-STUDY AND TEACHING
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