To the Lighthouse and The Dubliners
... Both Virginia Woolf and James Joyce utilized and created modernist techniques to write two of the most famous and respected novels of the era, James Joyce’s The Dubliners, and Virgina Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. ... (To the Lighthouse Pg. ... Ramsey that they would be visiting the lighthouse the following day, only to be let down by Mr. ... By using the stream of consciousness technique on this scene, Virginia Woolf was not only able to describe the plot of the story, but also the emotions associated with visiting the Lighthouse to James. James Joyce uses the stream of consciousness technique similar to Woolf, but each story from within the Dubliners seems to be told nearly exclusively by one character. ... In To the Lighthouse, Woolf uses this building as a symbolic relationship to Mr. ... During the day the drab, unimaginative, dull lighthouse represents Mr. Ramsey, while at night the lighthouse is captivating and beautiful, closely mimicking how Woolf presented Mrs. ... Joyce presented symbolism of sexual connotation and features of the priests repeatedly throughout The Dubliners in the stories Ivy Day in the Committee Room, Grace, and in The Sisters.