Comprehension:

1-Clarissa is told of Septimus 's death and imagines him throwing himself from the window.

2 she reflects on life and death;

3- she imagines the meeting between Septimus and sir William Bradshaw;

4-she contrasts her easy and successful life with death and suffering of other people;

5-she thinks of her happiness at bourton and of the pleasure one derives from the activities of day-to-day life;

6-she walks to the window;

7-she parts the curtains and sees an old lady looking at her;

8-she watched the old lady going to bed;

9-she thinks life can be difficult, but she has the support of her husband;

10-the sky is not as Clarissa had imagined it;

11-she thinks of Septimus again but does not pity him;

12--she decides to go back to the party;

Interpretation:

1.       What is Clarissa's first reaction to Septimus's death?

Her first reaction to Septimus death is to try imaging the accident.

2.       What is her view on death?

She views death as a defiance.

3.       What is Clarissa's view of Sir Bradshaw?

Clarissa sees him as a graet doctor but even as an obscurely evil.

4.       What struggle characterises Clarissa's life?

She was never admirable even if she wanted success.

5.       In the last paragraph Clarissa is at the centre of the contrast between
her social life and the word outside. Then suddenly a new thought comes to her
and she experiences a "moment of being". What does she suddenly realize?

She realizes that she has no more fear of death.