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The Impetus of Non-Living Entities: A comment

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The idea that material objects such as furniture can alter humanity’s place in the ecological world is an interesting one. In part II of To the Lighthouse, the narration takes a fascinating turn. As Anne Carson writes in her essay, ‘Every Exit is an Entrance’, “Virginia Woolf’s main narrative [becomes] a catalogue of silent bedrooms, motionless chest of drawers, apples left on the dining room table, the wind prying at a window blind, moonlight gliding on floorboards.” Human action is relegated to short blips at the end of sections, contained within square brackets. In this format, the non-living material objects of the house take on a greater impetus than the living human characters. The ability to affect is transferred from human beings to non-living entities, and moreover, the affected party has become humanity.

Works Cited
Carson, Anne. “Every Exit is an Entrance.” Decreation, Vintage, 2005, pp. 19-40.

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