Mrs Dalloway — Characters, Themes, and Ideas (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Clarissa Dalloway's age and social role
Clarissa Dalloway's age and social role
52-year-old London society hostess
Septimus's relationship to Clarissa
Septimus's relationship to Clarissa
Her psychological double (they never meet)
Septimus's wartime condition in the novel
Septimus's wartime condition in the novel
Shell shock (PTSD from WWI)
What Clarissa rejected from Peter Walsh
What Clarissa rejected from Peter Walsh
His passionate but emotionally demanding love
Sally Seton's kiss to Clarissa
Sally Seton's kiss to Clarissa
The most supreme moment of her life
Sir William Bradshaw represents
Sir William Bradshaw represents
Oppressive medical and social authority
Main narrative technique Woolf uses
Main narrative technique Woolf uses
Stream-of-consciousness/interior monologue
Big Ben's chimes mark what kind of time?
Big Ben's chimes mark what kind of time?
Public, mechanical time (vs. subjective duration)
Clarissa's parties are her...
Clarissa's parties are her...
Offering to life - creating connection and meaning
Temporal vertigo in the novel means
Temporal vertigo in the novel means
Feeling simultaneously young and ancient/aged