Stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway by virginia woolf
Muskan Malhotra
Motifs: A Peer Reviewed International Journal of English Studies 2020 DOI: 10.5958/2454-1753.2020.00007.0 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Literary analysis Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Woolf's use of stream of consciousness and interior monologue in Mrs. Dalloway lets readers access characters' inner thoughts, memories, and emotions, and that these devices are the means by which Woolf conveys her views of human society, mental illness, and the conscious and unconscious mind. |
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.