Vol. 7, Issue 6, Part F (2021)

Abstract
In Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse, Mr. Ramsay is an important character. While going through the novel, it is important to understand various dimensions of each and every character and comprehend the message which the author tries to convey to the readers. In this novel, the author highlights the character of Mr. Ramsay as a husband and a father of eight. He is shown as a husband who abuses his wife and at the same time keeps on discouraging and psychologically abusing his children’s to the extent that he makes them to hate him. At the same time Mr. Ramsay has the other aspect of love and compassion for his family as well.