The modernist movement in literature emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a response to the changing world around them. Writers sought to break away from the
symbolism
To the Lighthouse, no doubt, is full of symbolism. Virginia Woolf's this novel relies on Stream of Conscious technique where the characters' thoughts are given more significance. In the previous
Beckett's Waiting for Godot is full of symbolism including the names of characters like Viladimir and Estragon, Lucky and Pozzo and even the hidden character; Godot. Symbolism, if simply defined,



