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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

What does Freud believe is "of true value in life (p. 235)?"

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Labels: Civilization and its Discontents, Freud

Would Freud conclude that an individual who has the oceanic feeling is more primitive than one without the feeling?

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Why is the common man's religion the only religion which ought to bear the name (p. 240)?

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Is it true that "instinctual passions are stronger than reasonable interests (p. 254)"?

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How can conscience work as civilization's most important method of controlling aggression if many people have no conscience (pp. 255-7)?

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Is it possible to acknowledge Freud's insights, yet regard religion as a positive force?

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Why is the first part entitled "The Window?"

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

Why does Mrs. Ramsay think that "the love of man for woman...[bears] in its bosom the seeds of death (p. 151)?"

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

Why can't or won't Mrs. Ramsay tell her husband she loves him (pp. 184-6)?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

Is Mrs. Ramsay a kind of artist?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

Is sympathy what men want most from women (p.225)? Or is it just Mr. Ramsay? Or is it just Lily?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

In Part III, is Lily nostalgic for her earlier time at the Ramsay house, or glad to be free of it?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

How & why does Part II differ from Parts I and III?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

What does the lighthouse signify to various characters?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

How are distance and art related in To The Lighthouse?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf

The characters often know what others are thinking. How do they do that?

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Labels: To the Lighthouse, Woolf
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