Discussion Questions for To the Lighthouse, pp. 125-143

  1. How much time passes in parts I and II of this section? How much time (approximately) passes in part III?

  2. Where is Mrs. Ramsay when she dies?

  3. Who is Mrs. McNab?

  4. What does Mrs. Ramsay's shawl represent throughout this section? (This question has more than one correct answer.)

  5. What does Woolf's image of a feather in a scale represent? (138)

  6. What role to parentheses and brackets play in this section?


John D. Schwetman
February 2, 2001