1.2. Argument.
The experience of Homosexual desire in Western Culture is often accompanied by some sense of alienation. Those desires are in contrary to juridical, religious and social institutions through which cultures operates. Clarissa Dalloway and her double in novel Septimus Warren Smith feel alienated from the culture they live in (Meyer 205). If this alienation is the result of homosexual desires of characters, following questions are to be answered:.
Was Clarissa kiss with sally just a single passionate moment that passed away?.
Does Clarissa have a homosexual desire? .
Is Clarissa aware of her sexual identity and desire?.
Was the relation between Septimus Warren Smith and Evans a homosexual one? .
Is Septimus aware of his sexual identity and desire?.
Moreover Doris Kilman in this regard shows some signs of homosexual desires that arises these questions:.
Does Elizabeth realize Doris's love and homosexual desire toward herself?.
Is it possible that the hatred Clarissa feels toward Doris is the result of her understanding of Doris homosexual desires for Elizabeth?.
Virginia Woolf is famous for the use of stream of consciousness, which allowed her to bore right into the thoughts of her characters and reveal the workings of their minds (Kokkonen 3). As a result "Woolf does not create an easily understood character in Clarissa Dalloway; instead, she places the responsibility of understanding on the reader" (Lane 1). Apart from her magnificence use of stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway, her concern with the ambiguity of sexual identity and desire, makes it very interesting for contemporary readers, who are facing controvert and complex ideas about homosexuality in a world which heterosexuality is still consider to be a norm. Therefore, this research paper tends to explore and presents the power struggle between heterosexuality and homosexuality and also to examine the resistance toward heterosexual norms in patriarchal societies.
Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. ... "Mrs. Dalloway... looked out with her little pink face... ... Woolf's use of water also proves to be symbolic. ... Clarissa and Septimus share repressed homosexuality. ...
The Hours and Mrs Dalloway both display and illustrate many examples of gender and power struggles or conflicts. ... I will also consider these issues in Mrs Dalloway and will compare them in both Mrs Dalloway and The Hours. In The Hours, Virginia Woolf begins her day by making the decision not to have a proper breakfast. The decision to skip breakfast is made so that she can begin work on the book she is writing, namely, Mrs Dalloway. ... When Virginia's sister comes to visit, the two of them share a kiss that could be seen as being one of a homosexual nature. ...
Analyse the function of misogyny in Heartbreak House and Mrs Dalloway The use of misogyny in the following texts can be related to the treatment of women throughout the novels. In Mrs Dalloway There is a complex alignment between Septimus and Clarissa. ... She had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air" (Woolf, 1996 P.5.) After Mrs. ... Woolf's comparison of the sane and insane as an advanced social commentary is superb. ...
Analyse the function of misogyny in Heartbreak House and Mrs Dalloway The use of misogyny in the following texts can be related to the treatment of women throughout the novels. In Mrs Dalloway There is a complex alignment between Septimus and Clarissa. ... She had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air" (Woolf, 1996 P.5.) After Mrs. ... Woolf's comparison of the sane and insane as an advanced social commentary is superb. ...