Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Works Cited Dowling, David. Mrs. Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishing, 1991. Gilbert, Martin. The First ... during the war or upon returning home. In her novel, Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf addresses the subject of "shell-shock," or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, in the character of Septimus Warren Smith. Through the eyes of Septimus, the reader becomes aware of how the brutality of war can affect the human psyche. Woolf also reveals how the post-war society of ....

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... feelings to the extent that the characters in The Hours do. Clarissa Dalloway herself does not really struggle as such, but rather her husband Richard does. The character of Septimus Warren Smith also faces a struggle with himself; Septimus is fighting his insanity. Richard Dalloway battles within his marriage to Clarissa. Although he loves her, he finds it increasingly difficult to tell ... into play. In this sense, she has succeeded in a gender struggle. She has been successful in defining her sexuality. Another prominent power struggle in Mrs Dalloway takes place between Septimus War...

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... are in control which adds further irony. It is important to see how women are treated in each text and to evaluate the mistreatment of women. Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith are brought up under the same social backdrop. They are very much alike in their actions and thoughts even though they never actually meet. Ebert discusses "counterpointing visions" in ... and their connection to life in general. Clarissa is a representative of an English middle class and yet, defies categorisation because of her humanity and her relation to her double, Septimus Warren Smith. Woolf striv...

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... are in control which adds further irony. It is important to see how women are treated in each text and to evaluate the mistreatment of women. Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith are brought up under the same social backdrop. They are very much alike in their actions and thoughts even though they never actually meet. Ebert discusses "counterpointing visions" in ... and their connection to life in general. Clarissa is a representative of an English middle class and yet, defies categorisation because of her humanity and her relation to her double, Septimus Warren Smith. Woolf striv...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School