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    we learn about mrs. ramsey's personality by observing her feelings about other characters.  for example, mrs. ramsey has mixed feelings toward mr. tansley, but her feelings seem to grow more positive over time as she comes to know him better.  at first mrs. ramsey finds mr. tansley annoying, as shown especially when he mentions that no one is going to the lighthouse (52).  but rather than hating him, at this point she feels pity: "she pitied men always as if they lacked something . ." (85).  then later, during the gathering, pity turns to empathy as she realizes that mr. tansley must feel inferior.  he must know, mrs. ramsey thinks, that "no woman would look at him with paul rayley in the room" (106).  finally, by the end of the dinner scene, she feels some attraction to mr. tansley and also a new respect: "she liked his laugh. .   she liked his awkwardness.  there was a lot in that man after all" (110).  in observing this evolution in her attitude, we learn more about mrs. ramsey than we do about mr. tansley.  the change in mrs. ramsey's attitude is not used by woolf to show that mrs. ramsey is fickle or confused; rather it is used to show her capacity for understanding both the frailty and complexity of human beings.  this is a central characteristic of mrs. ramsey's personality.