“Mrs.Dalloway,” an important novel by Virginia Wolf. The setting of this novel is very special comparing to other normal novel. The setting of the story takes place on a Wednesday in June 1923 and it’s in the period of post-world war. The whole story is a one-day journey about the main protagonist Clarissa Dalloway. In the beginning of the story, Clarissa is preparing her party. She put a lot of effort into her own party. She cares about what other people think about her. As the story goes on, there was a conflict created by Clarissa. Her friend Peter was invited to the party. Peter is falling in love with Clarissa, however Clarissa is married to Richard. When Peter is telling his story to Clarissa, she comforts him and kisses him. An internal conflict was created inside Clarissa heart, is marrying to Richard a right decision? She cared too much for her societal rank. She marries Richard because of the safety, wealthy and powerful life that Richard provides, but she actually in love with Peter. She is always reflecting and self-evaluation about her decision. It seems like she is not very determined and she has a bit struggling inside her heart when making the marriage decision.
In the story, there are differences between the personalities of the characters. Some characters are conventionality and some characters are unconventionality. For example, Clarissa Dalloway hides her own true feelings for the reason of conventionality and Peter Walsh is an example of unconventionality because he admits he can love anyone like he loves Clarissa. Septimus couldn’t run away conventionality and chooses to commit suicide his own life. As the story goes on, the feelings of Septimus become more guilty, confused and lack of power.
Emotional and decision conflict of Septimus and Clarissa bring us to the discussion of how this book depicts their internal feelings. They are both struggling for their life. Societal and friend caused them to think a lot about their decision. In the story, there is a scene that Richard bought Clarissa roses and rushed home to tell her that he loved her. Richard shows he loves Clarissa, but Clarissa felt selfish that she cared more about roses. She feels that marrying to Richard is a suffering decision and she feels painful at all. “How’s the conflict struggle for Clarissa and does Septimus really has to commit suicide?” I think it’s a very interesting question to think while reading this book. A tough book, but meaningful to spend time reading it.