Mrs. Dalloway (pages 1-63)
- First part incorporates many different points of view through the use of free indirect discourse.
- Mrs. Dalloway- “She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged.” (P 8)
- Septimus, a scarred war veteran
- Rezia, his wife- “For she could stand it no longer. Dr. Holmes might say there was nothing the matter. Far rather would she that he were dead! She could not sit beside him when he stared so and did not see her and made everything terrible.” (P 22)
- What is the significance of including Sally Seton in the story? What impact does she have on Clarissa?
- Peter Walsh- “For why go back like this to the past? he thought. Why make him think of it again? Why make him suffer, when she had tortured him so infernally? Why? (P 41)
- Mrs. Dalloway- “Now of course, thought Clarissa, he’s enchanting! Perfectly enchanting! Now I remember how impossible it was ever to make up my mind- and why did I make up my mind- not to marry him? she wondered, that awful summer? (P 40)
- What is the significance of including all the love interests of both Peter Walsh and Clarissa Dalloway? Does this add to or take away from how readers view their feelings for each other?
- What is the purpose of including Peter following the young woman he saw on the street?
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