PSY100H1 Lecture : ENG Lecture – October 11th.docx
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Purpose of a symbol: to evoke meaning through a picture. Woolf stated that she meant nothing by the lighthouse, but she wanted her readers to interpret their own meaning to her words. The book will mean something different to everyone, different from dante"s inferno because everyone will end up at the same conclusion if they have a background of christian history. 23, mrs. ramsay walking with charles past the beach. That was the view, but now artists have come here. Mrs. ramsay is talking about the dominant school of painting at this time (1908), called impressionism. Originated in paris with artist like monet. Called impressionism because it conveyed the artist"s impression of the objects rather than the object itself. For lily to represent her object exactly, it would destroy it so she simply suggests the subject to our emotions. Woolf helps us as readers by never showing us the. Painting because then we couldn"t imagine it for ourselves.
