Comparison Of Virginia Woolf And She Misses Him

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Virginia Woolf’s Literature on Subject “She Misses Him” Love, which is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection, is commonly used as a theme by writers from around the world. English writer Virginia Woolf, for example, has written several literary works on human nature. Her free-form prose style earned her credits for which her creations published in the 1920s were most distinguished. Love is not love without memories, both the novel Mrs. Dalloway and the short story “A Haunted House” are elaborately written by Virginia Woolf about love; however, the character Clarissa from Mrs. Dalloway, at her age of fifty two, is lonely questioning her loss of true love, whereas the ghostly couple from “A Haunted House” happily reminisces on …show more content…

It not only helps readers to understand the feelings of the characters, but readers are also given the chance to genuinely be affected by the emotion of loneliness within the characters. For instance, Peter and Mrs. Dalloway have both been individually reflecting on the past, but they do not actually talk about their feelings of love in reality. Memories should be fearlessly shared. The use of the technique particularly shows the characters’ consciousness while demonstrating the real life characters live which is comparatively quieter than the one existing their mind. Moreover, because they are afraid of being reminded of the past, they would rather just think and let go of it. “What does the brain matter compared to the heart?” (Woolf 296). Clarissa’s decision of marrying Richard upsets Peter Walsh and herself. The truth that only the characters themselves know will ever be buried inside their memories. To sum up, Clarissa Dalloway has had plenty of remarkable reflections, but her love is incomplete; namely, instead of being lonely remembering love, she needs someone to be with her sharing love …show more content…

He must desperately grieve over the death that his world has darkened without a beam of sun. “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people” (BrainyQuote 2001). In Mrs. Dalloway, Peter admits that Clarissa has always been charming to him; correspondingly, the man realizes he is hopelessly in love with his wife. He, therefore, comes back to the house where his wife is silently and peacefully waiting for him. Secondly, as stated above, Mrs. Dalloway, who does not dare to express her love to Peter after a period of time, regrets her young decision that her memories ceaselessly surge in her mind. Clarissa does not tell the truth about herself: she actually loves Peter more than Richard, but she is worldly and wants social status and ranking from her husband (Woolf 209). On the contrary, neither wealth nor rank the ghostly couple wants, but simply companionship from each other. They have undergone the separation of death, they now passionately cherish their

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