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  • Mrs. Dalloway

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    Mrs. Dalloway is the story of high society matron Clarissa Dalloway and her life between the two World Wars. The story centers on her preparations for a party to be held at her residence. The narrative moves between perspectives and backward and forward through time, examining high society as it changed through the first half of the twentieth century. The story focuses intently on the minutiae of life among the English wealthy.

  • Commentary on Mrs Dalloway

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    What makes Clarissa retire to her bedroom in the middle of the day is the shock 22 of not being invited to Lady Brutons lunch party with Richard Also Clarissas vulgar jealousy 23 of time but not of Lady Bruton contributes Clarissa is hurt by Richard insomuch that he accepted the invitation from a woman whom she sees as having lost the beauty of youthful years 23 More than that Clarissas pride is hurt and the dwindling of life cut in impassive stone 23 upon Lady Brutons face only adds to Clariss

  • Commentary on The Hours

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    The novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is an intriguing book about three main characters that have different lives but somehow they all seem to intertwine towards the end Theyll search for meaning in their lives and evaluate suicide as a way of escaping the problems they face Virginia Clarissa and Laura are incredibly sensitive and perceptive to the world around them Each moment causes them to critically evaluate how they feel about living so they constantly consider suicide as a way of evad

  • Analysis of Mrs. Dalloway

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    Mrs Dalloway is a unique novel in that it takes place in a single daya Wednesday in mid June 1923 It covers one day from morning to night in one womans life Clarissa Dalloway an upper class housewife walks through her London neighborhood to prepare for the party she will host that evening When she returns from flower shopping an old suitor and friend Peter Walsh drops by her house unexpectedly The two have always judged each other harshly and their meeting in the present intertwines with their

  • Identity Struggles in The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway

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    Identity Struggles in The Great Gatsby and Mrs Dalloway F Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and Virginia Woolfs Mrs Dalloway both present the argument that our surroundings physical environment and human relationships impact the notion of self or personal identity Furthermore they both claim that society acts as a mirror and that in life humans cannot fully understand their identity until they see it reflected back to us by the mirror of others at which time they are able to internalized it an

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