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In Mrs Dolloway Virginia Woolf uses an omniscient third person narrator, In this way, she can describes the internal and the external reality of each characters.
The passage is organized into five sections: The first section goes from line 1 to line 25: In the first section Mrs Dalloway is at the florists. She is described by the omniscient narrator while she is looking some flowers. The second section goes from line 26 to line 40:. In the second section the omniscient narrator illustrates people watching at a mysterious car. Indeed the passenger is probably an aristocratic person. The third section goes from line 45 to line 62:In the third section the narrator describes Septimus Warren, one of the most important characters of Mrs Dalloway. He is an enigmatic person who survived the war. In addition, the narrator illustrates people’s reaction. The fourth section goes from line 63 to line 71: In the fourth section the narrator describes Septimus’s wife. He reveals her secret feelings towards him and her discomfort. The fifth section goes from line 72 to line 86: In the last section the narrator focuses on the wife’s discomfort caused by her new life in England.
The main event in the passage is the mysterious arrival of a particular motor car. Indeed, the car is probably owned by an aristocratic, indeed it is fancy and it catches the attention of all the people around it who belongs to the middle class. Therefore there are many different reactions in front of the event. For instance, Miss Pym feels apologetic for such noisy roaring towards Mrs Dalloway as if she were the responsible for it. In addition the pedestrians are very curious to find out the real identity of the passenger.
Right from the text the character of Clarissa Dalloway is presented as an aristocratic lady with a worthy attitude. She presents herself as a high society housewife who enjoys throwing parties, loves fashion, and is concerned with how society views her. She appears upset because of her relationship with Elizabeth’s history teacher.