1) Where is Mrs Dalloway going?
Mrs Dalloway is going to buy flowers for her party in the evening.
2) What is her mood?
She is happy and calm.
3) The passage mixes two different time dimensions. Which are they? What sound evokes the past in Clarissa's mind?
There are two different time dimensions: the present and the past (she remembered when she was 18). The squeak of the hinges evokes the past in Clarissa's mind.
4) Who do you think is Peter Walsh? What does Clarissa say of him?
Peter Walsh could be a man who loved Clarissa when she was young and she still lived in Bourton. She says that she remembers his eyes, his poket-knife and his smile. Clarissa also added that he wrote her some letters.
5) What does Scrope Purvis think of Clarissa?
Scrope Purvis thinks that Clarissa is a charming woman and she looks like a light and vivacious bird.
6) What are Clarissa's thoughts while walking through the streets in Westminster?
While she was walking through the streets in Westminster, Clarissa was thinking about when she lived in Bourton and in addition she reflected upon what she loves and upon her own life.

Interpretation:

1) Focus on point of view. What kind of narrator is used?
• 3rd person
• Omniscient
• Reliable
• Intrusive
2) Focus on style. Critics have often used the term "poetic prose" with reference to Woolf's style which features an abundance of repetitions, similes, imagery, lists and alliteration. Find at least one or two examples of each.

Repetitions: "the flap of a wave, the kiss of a wave" "was that is? Was that is? " "What a lark! What a plunge!"
Similes: "...like the flap of a wave"
Imagery: "the kiss of a wave"
Lists: " his eyes, his pocket-knife, his smile, his bad temper, the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men..."
Alliteration: "Out it boomed" "shuffling and swinging" "brass bands"
3) Focus on character. How is Clarissa's character created?
Clarissa's character is created trought her physical descriptions, her thoughts, her behaviour.