... much of the novels poetic and symbolic influences, and thus allow readers an understanding of its historical context. From Mrs Ramsey and Mr Ramsey, to Lily Briscoe, for example, a great deal of the novels poetry stems. The details in which the author describes these characters and their lives are undeniably ... head of the family, and it was upon his whims that the rest of the family tended. However, one may say that it is Lily Briscoe who provides the novel with the finest sense of poetic characterisation. She is presented as the artist and metaphorical outsider of the novel, who ... ...

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