# Prue Ramsay — To the Lighthouse character guide

> Prue Ramsay in To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Prue, Prue, Prue Ramsay

**First appearance:** 0000-the-window

## Who they are

The beautiful eldest Ramsay daughter, who dies young.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Ramsay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/characters/mrs_ramsay)

_family_

Prue is Mrs. Ramsay's beautiful, gentle daughter, whom her mother hopes will find a happy marriage, reflecting her own ideals.

### [Mrs. Ramsay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/characters/mrs_ramsay)

_family_

Prue is Mrs. Ramsay's beautiful, gentle daughter, whom her mother hopes will find a happy marriage, reflecting her own ideals.

### [Mrs. Ramsay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/characters/mrs_ramsay)

_family_

Prue is Mrs. Ramsay's beautiful, gentle daughter, whom her mother hopes will find a happy marriage, reflecting her own ideals.

## In the story

### [The Window I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/i)

Among the daughters who mock Tansley and silently question their mother's life of deference.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/xiii)

Throws catches with Jasper, catches the ball brilliantly, and is brought back into family alliance by Mrs. Ramsay.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/xv)

Answers her mother's question in a considering manner.

### [Time Passes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/time-passes)

Marries and dies in childbirth.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/i)

Observes the difficulty of distinguishing sea from land and instructs Andrew to put out the hall light.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/vi)

Prue is given in marriage in May and dies that summer from complications of childbirth.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_the_lighthouse_se/chapters/viii)

Reported as dead, having died with her first baby.

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