Mrs Ramsay
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Mrs Ramsay is the compassionate, perceptive matriarch at the center of Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse," around whom the family’s emotional life and the book’s exploration of time and consciousness revolve.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ mother ⓘ novel character ⓘ wife ⓘ |
| appearsIn | To the Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | The Window NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
consciousness
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domesticity ⓘ ephemerality of life ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ time ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
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nurturing ⓘ perceptive ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ socially adept ⓘ |
| createdBy | Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathStatusInNarrative | dies between The Window and Time Passes ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | To the Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1927 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasImportantScene | dinner party at the Ramsays’ house ⓘ |
| influences |
Cam Ramsay
NERFINISHED
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James Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Lily Briscoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largelyAbsentInSection | Time Passes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
emotional center of the Ramsay family
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matriarch ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Cam Ramsay
NERFINISHED
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James Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Prue Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rememberedInSection | The Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character
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protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Isle of Skye, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Mr Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ephemeral beauty
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stability ⓘ the unifying power of love ⓘ |
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