1. Homosexuality in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
... power of heterosexuality. Living in the society with various power struggles, Septimus and Clarissa have difficulties keeping their self-preservation. Therefore, how to confront the power struggles is their task (Wu 2). In Septimus Warren Smith, Virginia Woolf creates a foil for Clarissa Dalloway. By presenting their two perspectives on the world, Woolf was able to portray "'the world seen ... Kilman, as Barrett suggests, "reflects the popular belief that all lesbians were manhaters. At the same time, she conveys the message of feminism" (as qtd. in Wu 65). This makes her repress her fe...
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