To The Lighthouse- Repetition

In Virginia Woolf’s novel, To the Lighthouse, Virgina Woolf repeats specific words or phrases. They most often only show up for that single section of the book, but while the words are present, they are incredibly noticeable. When these identical phrases do appear, they are often at the beginning and end of a paragraph or the end of a paragraph and the end of the preceding paragraph. When using words, she will use different phases, all tied together with one used and reused verb and conjunctions. I believe that this technique allows her to place a higher value on certain aspects that separate the Ramsey’s, but allow her to shift between the many viewpoints due to the terseness and volume of the repetition.