... moment." (Virginia Woolf, in her diary, August 30, 1923) Failure is one of these "connecting caves" that Woolf and Cunningham have dug out beneath their characters. In the beginning of Mrs. Dalloway the theme of failure is brought to the attention of the reader quite quickly. When Clarissa remembers her girlhood days and it brings to her memory that Peter, her one ... special and intimate in her youthful friendships with Peter and Sally that was lost in the flurry of social appointments and the process of "living" from day to day.. Throughout Mrs. Dalloway everyone accuses everyone else...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School