Stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway by virginia woolf
Muskan Malhotra
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Muskan Malhotra
Abstract
This paper encapsulates the stream of consciousness and the interior monologue of Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf. It reflects upon the stream of consciousness of Virginia Woolf and her characters. The significant characters introduced by Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway, Peter Walsh, Septimus Warren Smith and Clarissa’s friends. It unveils the each significant character’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories and their past lives, there are certain interior monologues of Mrs. Dalloway before preparing for her party. It is only through the two literary devices interior monologue and stream of consciousness used by Woolf the reader could comprehend Woolf’s view of human society, mental illness, the conscious and the unconscious of human mind.
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This paper encapsulates the stream of consciousness and the interior monologue of Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf. It reflects upon the stream of consciousness of Virginia Woolf and her characters. The significant characters introduced by Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway, Peter Walsh, Septimus Warren Smith and Clarissa’s friends. It unveils the each significant character’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, memories and their past lives, there are certain interior monologues of Mrs. Dalloway before preparing for her party. It is only through the two literary devices interior monologue and stream of consciousness used by Woolf the reader could comprehend Woolf’s view of human society, mental illness, the conscious and the unconscious of human mind.
Key concepts: Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), Consciousness, Art, Literature, Philosophy, Epistemology, Narrative