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Doors symbolize the uneasy boundary between dreams and reality in the text. They frequently open and close, and it is never clear who has moved them or whether they move on their own. A “door shutting” is the first concrete image in the story, creating a haunting sound that awakens the narrator and immediately brings into question whether they are asleep or fully awake. This is followed by two references to doors being open. Since doors allows people through a boundary, these open doors highlight the ghosts and the narrator’s ability to traverse subjective and objective reality and dwell in their own experiences even while surrounded by the materiality of the house. Doors slam shut again near the end when the ghosts find the sleeping couple and reminisce on the happy times in their life, echoing the sense that these times in their lives are over. However, they stand in the “doorway” of the bedroom while watching the sleeping couple, suggesting that they stand on the threshold of dreams and reality and hold onto their hope of reliving their love.
By Virginia Woolf
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
Between The Acts
Between The Acts
Virginia Woolf
Flush: A Biography
Flush: A Biography
Virginia Woolf
How Should One Read a Book?
How Should One Read a Book?
Virginia Woolf
Jacob's Room
Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
Virginia Woolf
Modern Fiction
Modern Fiction
Virginia Woolf
Moments of Being
Moments of Being
Virginia Woolf
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Moth
The Death of the Moth
Virginia Woolf
The Duchess and the Jeweller
The Duchess and the Jeweller
Virginia Woolf
The Lady in the Looking Glass
The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf
The Mark on the Wall
The Mark on the Wall
Virginia Woolf
The New Dress
The New Dress
Virginia Woolf
The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf
The Waves
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
Three Guineas
Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf