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Idyllic Women in novels. The character of Mrs. Ramsay from To The Lighthouse,
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The character of Mrs. Ramsay from To The Lighthouse, and Harriet of The Fifth Child failed in their many attempts of achieving womanly perfection. Both women strived and struggled to achieve a similar, yet false ideal of feminine perfection. Let’s take a look at failures that exposed their unsuccessful attempts of perfection.
Within To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Ramsay is the most ideal symbol of female perfection and excellence. Mrs. Ramsay’s composure and attitude seem almost faultless. She is viewed by many as influential and supreme. Many of the characters greatly admired and adored Mrs. Ramsay. For example, on page 41 of To The Lighthouse, Augustus Carmichael describes his admiration for Mrs. Ramsay. He believes that not only was she a beauty, but she was admired among everyone. He states, “the torch of her beauty; she carried it erect into any room that she entered.” This statement implies that one would become aware of Mrs. Ramsay’s magnificence whenever she would enter a room (Woolf 41.) It is also apparent on page 47, Lily describes Mr. Bankes’s adoration for Mrs. Ramsay, “For him to gaze as Lily saw him gazing at Mrs. Ramsay was a rapture, equivalent, Lily felt to the loves of dozens of young men.” This statement implies that Mr. Bankes greatly worshipped and admired Mrs. Ramsay (Woolf 47.) Also, within pages 50 to 51, Lily is depicted as imagining herself in James’s position. Lily imagines that her head is leaning on Mrs. Ramsay’s lap. She imagines that this intimate moment of connection would help her achieve knowledge of intimacy. For example, on page 51, Lily has a thought, “Could loving as people called it, make her and Mrs. Ramsay one? For it is not knowledge of unity that she desired… but intimacy itself, which is knowledge.” It is apparent that Lily had yearned for an intimacy and understanding between her and Mrs. Ramsay. Lily viewed Mrs. Ramsay as a mother figure. Lily believed that her own personality...
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