- "Death was defiance. Death was an attempt to communicate; people feeling the impossibility of reaching the centre which, mystically, evaded them; closeness drew apart; rapture faded, one was alone. There was an embrace in death." (p. 184)
Throughout
Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf enhances this piece of literature by incorporating significant themes within the text. Communication and the fear of death define this novel's main messages. In this excerpt, Clarissa is preaching her view on death; expressing that she thinks death is bold, suicide was a way to escape/go against society. Death was a way to try to get your point across, a call for help, or an opinion to be heard. This clearly was
difficult for many of the characters in the novel. However, there was an acceptance in death; even though the concept scared Clarissa, it was one that she had to overcome and knew would eventually happen. The suicide of
Septimus was a turning point in the novel for Clarissa; this incident helped her become more at ease with the idea of death.
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