... in life, but with the traditional values of life, loss of meaning and social relevance, human relationships have suffered a serious blow. Here this state of confusion is expressed in Woolf's novels through her characters' inability to communicate with each other (Shihada 121). Although Mrs. Dalloway is a novel of greeting and it shows a nation recovering from the trauma of war, its ... and adopting aggressive masculine values (Shihada 134). Emily Jensen argues that "Kilman reminds Clarissa of the choice she made to deny her lover for women and marry respectably" (as qtd. in Wu 65). Als...

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... M. Forster makes this fact abundantly clear in Howards End. (Schaefer p.116) To the Lighthouse and Howards End have a great deal in common. The novels have very similar individual characters: Mrs. Ramsay is like Mrs. Wilcox; both rely on intuition, and both characters take a back seat to their husbands in ... life, Mrs. Wilcox transcends feminism and sexual inequality and somehow gives "the idea of greatness- (HE, p.76) Ruth's connection with Margaret continues after death, for she wills Margaret Howards End, perhaps as a Christmas present, and certainly in recognition of a spiritual hei...

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