Similiarities in a Room of Term Paper

Ramsay's actions and words towards James about this matter are "caustic," and "dashed" his son's aspirations for going to the lighthouse. However, Mrs. Ramsay takes care to inspire the hopes of her son and to protect them, by stating that the following day's weather could actually involve the sun's "shining" and birds "singing," both of which are characteristics of permissible weather. The dichotomy of the perspectives presented by these characters is distinctly in alignment with traditional nurturing roles of mothers and disciplinary roles or those which prepare children for the vicissitudes of life that father's usually have. By presenting such a sharp distinction between the pair, Woolf is subtly suggesting that a synthesis of these behaviors would allow for a true consummation of the totality of a person -- which is a concept explored within "A Room of One's Own."

Lastly, although the narration in "To the Lighthouse" is from a third-person perspective in which the viewpoints of the various characters are (nearly) simultaneously addressed, this technique is somewhat novel and akin to the fact that much of "A Room of One's Own" is narrated by an imaginary narrator (Mary Beton) who allows Woolf a similar liberty of expression of her varying concepts.This liberty of narration that involves multiple viewpoints is but another similarity in the addressing of gender issues that Woolf presents within both of these works of literature -- similarities that include the androgyny and the dichotomy of men and women as well as their parity in creative expression.

Works Cited

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Ebooks @Adelaide. 1929. Web.

Woolf, Virginia. To the Light House. Ebooks@Adelaide.….....