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This 10 page paper examines the role of women in Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse" and Shakespeare's play "Hamlet," and argues that in each work women are portrayed in both traditional and non-traditional gender roles. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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they both treat women in unusual ways. This paper argues that in each work, the woman seem traditional, until a closer examination is made. When that is done, it is
revealed that there is one traditional female and one non-traditional one, and that the two are, to a degree, at odds with each other. Discussion We begin with To the
Lighthouse, since it is less well known. But its also somewhat easier to analyze, because there are two characters, Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe, who clearly embody the "traditional woman"
and the "feminist." Mrs. Ramsay is the hub around which her family revolves, and she truly relishes her role as the wife and mother. Her role appears to be traditional
in another sense as well: Mr. Ramsay doesnt appreciate her; and at times he denigrates her: in the first page of the book Woolf says that Ramsay enjoys "the pleasure
of disillusioning his son and casting ridicule upon his wife" (Woolf). The disillusion referred to is the fact that the boy James wants to go to the lighthouse; his
mother has agreed and told him he can go tomorrow if the weathers good (Woolf). His father then says, "But it wont be fine," crushing the boys hopes deliberately (Woolf).
Ramsay is not really a monster, but he is an autocrat who is cold and so detached from his family that he doesnt seem to realize how hurtful his words
are. Its especially disturbing that he apparently takes pleasure in disappointing his children, James in particular, but again, this can be read as a result of his inability to really
"connect" with them, and not because he is deliberately cruel but because he is uncertain of himself. He has made his mark as a metaphysician, but hes now older, and
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