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Mrs. Dalloway (Random (Third person omniscient narrator (anonymous), Every…
Mrs. Dalloway
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Tone is all encompassing: "light but dark, critical but caring"
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Named after main character. Also big reminder that her identity is found within her marriage. Before anything else she is a Mrs.
Theme
- Loneliness: Being alone and feeling lonely is inevitable
- we don't always know people as well as we may believe
- Dalloway felt more connected to Septimus (whom she didn't know) than she ever talked about feeling close or intimate with her own husband
- Time: People often try to distract themselves with the little technicalities of life when they are in distress.
- it's written in a short period of time
- Big Ben is talked about frequently when rings
- Clarissa sees time as terrible as she fears death- also scared of the future
- Peter lives in the past
The story begins in Mrs. Dalloway's perspective. It is a day in her life. She's planning and setting up a party for the night.
It goes back in time to share important memories that pertain to the day, as well as changing character's perspectives
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Setting
- Post WW1 London
- Wednesday in June 1923
- All in one day
- Setting does change occasionally- characters are haunted by the past and reminisce