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MRS DALLOWAY 2 - Coggle Diagram
MRS DALLOWAY 2
CHARACTERS
THE RANGE OF CHARACTERS IS SMALL, BECAUSE THEY BELONG TO THE UPPER-MIDLLE CLASS
CLARISSA IS A LONDON SOCIETY LADY WHILE RICHARD DALLOWAY HAS CONVENTIONAL VIEWS ON POLITICS AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
CLARISSA IS CHARACTERIZED BY OPPOSITE FEELINGS: HER NEED OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE AND HER CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
SEPTIMUS SMITH IS A YOUNG POET AND LOVER OF SHAKESPEARE WHO ENLISTED FOR PATRIOTIC REASONS. HE IS AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE MAN AND HIS CHARACTER IS CONNECTED TO THE WAR
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THEMES
THE NOVEL DEALS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE TIMES, FOR EXAMPLE THE INCREASING USE OF CARS AND THE SUCCESS OF THE CINEMA
WOOLF USES SOME CINEMATIC DEVICES, SUCH US FLASHBACK, AND SHE ADOPTS THE MOTIF OF BIG BEN AND OF CLOCKS IN GENERAL
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STYLE
WOOLF USES THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS TECHNIQUE BUT SHE NEVER LETS HER CHARACTERS' THOUGHTS FLOW WITHOUT CONTROL
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SIMILAR TO JOYCE'S EPIPHANIES, ARE WOOLF'S MOMENTS OF BEING, RARE OCCASIONS OF INSIGHT DURING CHARACHTER'S DAILY LIFE
TESTO
IN THE TEXT VIRGINIA WOOLF INTRODUCES CLARISSA DALLOWAY, A WOMAN NAVIGATING HER INNER LIFE AND EXTERNAL SOCIAL INTERACTION IN POST WORLD WAR I LONDON
CLARISSA VISITS A FLORIST, MULBERRY'S, WHERE SHE ENGAGES IN A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MISS PYM, THE SHOPKEEP
WHILE SHE IS EXPERIENCING A FLEETING MOMENT OF PEACE, A SUDDEN NOISE FROM A MOTOR CAR DISRUPTS HER TRANQUILITY
EVEN SEPTIMUS SMITH IS PRESENTED, A TRAUMATIZED WAR VETERAN WHO FEELS INCREASINGLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE WORLD AROUND HIM
HIS WIFE, LUCREZIA, STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT HIM AS HE IS GRIPPED BY PARANOIA AND DESPAIR