Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf 's Mrs . Dalloway

Introduction

Human beings are social beings who always want to connect with each other through communication . But at the same time , humans also desire to maintain their privacy so that their inner feelings remain to themselves . In their struggle to achieve both their aims , humans find it difficult to satisfy both their needs . They find themselves in dilemma where they are confused and discontented with their lives . The novel Mrs . Dalloway ' by Virginia Woolf depicts the feelings of such individuals who are struggling to maintain to

attain both their needs of communicating with others and upholding their privacy at the same time Although the novel depicts only a day in the life of Mrs . Dalloway , the protagonist , it presents the past lives of all the characters in the course of the accounts of the day 's happenings . The thoughts and experiences of Mrs . Dalloway , a married woman belonging to an upper middle class and Septimus , a war veteran are similar , as both of them are disconnected from the society they living in

Mrs . Dalloway

Mrs . Dalloway belongs to an upper middle class , and as is the norm in the upper middle class , she frequently throws parties . On the day depicted in the novel , she is preparing for a party that is about to take place in the evening in her house . She decides to pick flowers for the evening party herself and so ventures out for shopping . When she returns , she finds an expected guest...