In the novel Mrs Dalloway, the author, Virginia Wolf, intentionally places hidden patterns of connection create relationships which construct the text. One of these disguised relationships is the obscure bond between Clarissa and Septimus. The connection is the similar ideology of the different characters despite the contrast in their actions. Despite the fact that Septimus was insane, and that everyone knew it, Clarissa shares his ideology and his ultimate beliefs. The difference is that until he committed suicide, Septimus practices what he preaches, and in many ways Clarissa is envious of that. She only fully comprehends that they actually share the same ideals once Septimus commits suicide. From the reaction Clarissa learns that she must take a different approach to life, and the contrast between her thoughts and ideas must be amended.

Another deeper connection is that between Clarissa and Sally Sexton. Clarissa harbors   some unique feelings for her old friend and we constantly see her thinking about her. It seems as though Clarissa has sexual feelings for Sally, although she cant pursue them due to the social structure of the time.

In both these relationships we see Clarissa trying to escape the cotton wool unlike which all other characters seem wrapped up in. Characters such as her husband Richard Dalloway, the psychiatrist William Bradshaw, and Lucrezia Smith, Septimus’s wife, glorify life in the cotton wool. Each of them are enravled in the idea that there is nothing more to life than pursuing ones sentimental connections and emotions, rather live the way the times want you to .