1. “The Window” Chapters 11-16

2. Questions?

3. Antitheses  Definition reminder: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.  Examples?  On your own: Leaf through these chapters and find as many examples of antitheses as you can.  In your group: choose one and find textual support.  Share

4. One antithesis to ponder…  How is Woolf exploring the idea of fragmentation vs. unity?

5. “The Invitation” by Percy Bysshe Shelley  What connections can you make between the poem and this section?

6. Some ideas to ponder…  Wedge-shaped core of darkness  Mrs. R’s relationship to light, the lighthouse, the sea  What does the sea symbolize (life? death? consciousness?)  Mr. and Mrs. R’s difficulty communicating  Marriage (Mrs. R. vs. Lily): “So that is marriage….a man and woman looking at a girl throwing a ball.”  Build up to the Dinner Party…Mrs. Ramsay as queen (Victoria?)  Why the parenthetical chapter Woolf uses parentheses to indicate a shift in time or place. Nancy and her thoughts about Minta &Paul.

7. Focus on images  Select an image that stands out to your group.  Draw it on a piece of newsprint, and quote the text where it appears next to it. If it appears in more than one place, quote each place (include page numbers)  Speculate about its meaning