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FMilan-What a morning! Virginia Woolf
by FMilan - (2011-12-06)
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Comprehension

-Where
Mrs Dalloway going? She is going to buy the flowers herself.


-What
is her mood? She is happy and quiet but she is aware that
something of terrible will happen soon.


-The
passage mixes two different time dimensions.


Which
are they? They are the past, when she was 18, and the present.


What
sound evokes the past in Clarissa's mind? The
past evokes in her mind a sense of freshness


-Who
do you think is Peter Walsh? I think that Peter
Walsh was of her youthfulness lover because he sent her some letters.


-What
does Clarissa say of him? She says that his
letters were dull, she remembers some of his features like his eyes
and his smile or his pocketknife; she remembers also that he was a
bit strange.


-What
are Clarissa's thought while walking through the streets in
Westminster? She feels positive

Interpretation

-What
kind of narrator is used? It's a 3rd
person, limited, reliable, non intrusive narrator

-How
is Clarissa's character created? She is created
through her thoughts, feelings, behaviour and through dialogue.