The vexing short story is told through a stream-of-consciousness style of writing, allowing us to see into the thoughts of the main protagonist, who is preoccupied with a mark on the wall. The nature of the stain is undisclosed, and it is not entirely clear what possible familiarity with it will bring, the eluding essence of the subject characteristic of Woolf’s work. The protagonist herself speculates “and if I were to get up . . . and ascertain [what] the mark on the wall is. . . what should I gain?” A paper by Parvaneh retains the idea that what is more important in the story is not the actuality of the spot, but how one goes about acquiring the knowledge of its essence and existence. While the mark turns out to be a snail, the symbolism of it in the story is tied to knowledge, and how the heroine accepts the explanation, absconding her theorization.
Virginia Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall” concludes with the identification of that mark as a snail. What do you think is the symbolic meaning of the mark?
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