Mrs. Dalloway

What is Virginia Woolf saying? There is a definite statement being made about English society and the changing times. The society of Clarissa Dalloway married for comfort. They dress in fine gowns. Throw extravagant parties for the rich. And find it important to suck up to royalty. The era of Septimus and Elizabeth find these things silly and unimportant. To them these little things in life mean nothing. Elizabeth would rather not worry about what kind of clothes she is wearing. She would rather be in the country. Septimus finds that society has disappointed him. He is left hanging with no one to help him. Being at a lost, he gives his wife a happy memory and then ends his life. For him death was the solution.

Mrs. Dalloway is one of those novels that makes you think. (Truly the best kind.) I find myself thinking about life, love, death, and the things I find important. What is it that I can learn from the characters?...I don't know yet, but I know that the decisions I make now will impact my future. Do I want to be like Mrs. Dalloway, marry a man who will give me the everyday, go through life never experiencing excitement? Do I want to be like Rezia, who married a man who she thought would give her the fairy tale life, only to be disappointed and have it all end in death? Or there is young Elizabeth, who doesn't know what she wants, but does know she wishes to be left alone and not be compared to any sort of blossoming flower. Life is a gamble - you never know how it will turn out until the end.