Author: Savannah Bacon

Indifference and Intimacy: Septimus “He had married his wife without loving her; had lied to her; seduced her…and was so pocked and marked with vice that women shuddered when they saw him in the street. The verdict of human nature on such a wretch was death (Woolf 89). Septimus, a veteran of the first World War, is a perpetually […] Read more →

Mrs. Dalloway perpetuates this loss of communication in a world of connectivity. Virginia Woolf writes of interactions between she and other characters, but they are somewhat muddled by Mrs. Dalloway’s preoccupation with herself. What was striking to me as I continued to read was how relevant this aspect of conversation can be, even in this […] Read more →