1. Mrs. Dalloway
A Homosexual Study of Virginia Woolf's Mrs.
Chapter 2: Theories concerning Homosexual Study .
Chapter 3: Homosexual Analysis of Main Character, Clarissa Dalloway .8.
3.1. Clarrisa's Loneliness and her Marital Relationship .8.
3.2. Clarissa and her Relationship with Sally .10.
3.3. Septimus as a Foil Character for Clarissa .13.
Chapter 4: Homosexual Analysis of other characters .16.
4.1. Doris Kilman .16.
4.2. Elizabeth Dalloway .18.
Chapter 5: Conclusion .20.
5.1. Summing up and Findings .20.
5.2. Suggestion For further research 22.
Work Cited 23.
Chapter 1.
Introduction.
1.1. General Overview.
Mrs. Dalloway is unique novel which takes place in a single day of the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper class woman in post-World War I England in mid-June 1923. She is getting ready to host a party that evening. The nice weather reminds her, her youth days in the countryside in Bourton and memories of an admired friend Sally Seton, whom in "the most exquisite moment of her whole life" had kissed (Woolf 30). Also memories of her old friend and suitor Peter Walsh, whom she rejected to marry Richard Dalloway come across her mind, which is interrupted by unexpected visit of Peter Walsh.
Septimus Warren Smith, a veteran of World War I, is suffering from post war trauma and is deeply effected by the death of his inseparable friend- Evans. Septimus and his wife Lucrezia, spends their day in the park. Later that day, after he is prescribed involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital, he commits suicide by jumping out of a window.
Clarissa hates Doris Kilman- history tutor of her 17 years old daughter Elizabeth. Doris despises Clarissa as well but has strong feelings for Elizabeth.
Clarissa's party in the evening is attended by most of the characters in the book, including Sally Seton and Peter Walsh. She hears about Septimus' suicide at the party and somehow admires his act as an effort to preserve the purity of his happiness.
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. ...