6. Mrs. Dalloway: (pg. 8)

6. Mrs. Dalloway: (pg. 8) “She had a perpetual sense…had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.”:
In the preface to Mrs. Dalloway, Mark Hussey writes about Virginia Woolf's life, death, and work. Thinking about Woolf's life when reading Mrs. Dalloway gives a perspective of character development based on events in Woolf's own life. Clarissa accepted who she was. She questioned herself and life on some level, but she also felt safe in the strength of her capabilities. She might appear to be simple on the outside, but she is a reflective person. Using the word, “perpetual” Woolf brings us back to a sense of the time, and time in motion moving constantly forward. By reflecting that it was dangerous to live even one day in a book that takes place in a one day period, Woolf foreshadows a tragic event that may take place in this day and continues to emphasize the impending tone of time marching on.


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