Dalloway – but that her first love is a man named Peter Walsh. The reader is aware from the beginning that Clarissa Dalloway is married – the reason why she is referred to as Mrs. One aspect of Clarissa Dalloway’s life that also highlights her internal struggle is her lasting desire for a romantic relationship that allows her to maintain her freedom. This moment is especially powerful because while she is – in this moment – preparing to purchase flowers for another high-society party, the reader sees that she constantly moves through life searching for a deeper meaning. Notably, Clarissa’s introspective nature speaks to the trivialities of the female lifestyle and constraints placed on women at the time. ” (4)Ĭlarissa’s extended introspection directs focus to her inner consciousness, revealing Clarissa’s belief that people need to experience beauty and be able to create meaning from it in their lives to maintain their autonomy and purpose. “For Heaven only knows why one loves it so, how one sees it so, making it up, building it round one, tumbling it, creating it every moment afresh but the veriest frumps, the most dejected of miseries sitting on doorsteps (drink their downfall) do the same can’t be dealt with, she felt positive, by Acts of Parliament for that very reason: they love life. The reader sees Clarissa deeply reflecting on her relationship with life and the world around her in the first few pages: Though the story takes place over the course of one day in the characters’ lives, Clarissa’s conflicted thoughts about herself throughout the novel exemplify her lifelong desire to understand herself.
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