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9780241956793_1, 1889 She was born in London - Coggle Diagram

- - - - RICHARD DALLOWAY
        He is Clarissa's husband. He tries to overcome his rigidity and shyness by thinking of telling his wife that he loves her but he is unable to. In contrast to Septimus, he doesn't recognize the destructive power of the new England people and indeed has close associations with members of English high society.
      - SALLY SATON
        She is a friend of Clarissa and Peter. When she was young she had a revolutionary mentality, in contrast to the older generation. Now, she lives in Manchester and is married and has five sons. Her youthful rebellious streak is now very much a part of the past.
      - PETER WALSH
        Peter Walsh’s trait is ambivalence: he is a middle-aged man that fears he has wasted his life, but sometimes he feels young. He can't find an identity and even a romantic partner. He's a very critical character towards others. Despite Peter’s ambivalence and a tendency toward analysis, he still feels life deeply. He can't accept his mortality as Clarissa but escapes at the thought of death. He values his life.
    - - She feels the oppressive forces in life and accepts what she’s got. She constantly overlays the past and the present and she doubts her marriage decision. She has opposing feelings inside her heart:
        
        on one side Peter, so the need for freedom and independence and but at the same time the situation of uncertainty (Peter represented for her, freedom from the oppression exerted by her father)
        
        on the other Richard that gave her tranquillity, protection, and an upper-class life. She feels the oppressive forces in life and accepts what she’s got.
    - - On the surface, Septimus seems dissimilar to Clarissa, but between the two there are many similarities. Both Septimus and Clarissa fear the oppression of British life, and they are very attuned to life's deep meaning. Clarissa did not consider Septimus' death a tragedy. In fact, he chooses to escape his problems by killing himself and this represents the only way to preserve himself. This gesture helps Clarissa to accept her own choices, as well as the society in which she lives.