Tone

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse: Tone 1 key example

Definition of Tone

The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Time Passes, 9
Explanation and Analysis:

Loss is inescapable in To the Lighthouse, as each character feels the effect of time passing. Moreover, Mrs. Ramsay's death—though just one discrete moment, and conveyed parenthetically—pervades the rest of the narrative.