Week 8, Post 2: Dalloway Reading

As of now I don’t fully understand why Clarissa and Miss Kilman don’t get along very well. It seems like Clarissa at least makes and effort but Miss Kilman is determined to have conflicts with her. I was glad to see that Elizabeth thought about Clarissa and Miss Kilman not getting along and decided to come home to her mother after a while, sticking with the family. Not that Elizabeth had to choose between the two, it just seemed like there was a little choice in there.

I can’t believe Septimus jumped to his suicide, I mean, I can believe it because he had gone mad, but still. I thought it was kind of a good thing that Dr. Holmes didn’t want Rezia to see Septimus all mangled, but I didn’t know how I felt about him giving her some kind of drink to fall asleep. I feel like Rezia had the right to watch her husband as he was taken away, but then I can also see that it might be best if she didn’t see it. I feel that Septimus’ death was coming, but I thought it would be a little happier for Rezia. She might not have to deal with him anymore after feeling like they had no marriage left, but she still loved him before he went mad.

Finally we made it to the party we have been reading about for the past three weeks! The party seemed to be going great, it was a surprise that Sally arrived. I would think it would be a little awkward, but also I don’t think anybody knows about Sally and Clarissa’s past together. They seemed to have a good time talking and catching up instead of focusing on any awkwardness. Toward the end, when Clarissa learned about Septimus, Virginia Woolf kind of made a connection between the two of them. I hadn’t noticed a connection between the two until we talked about it in class that Septimus was more of Clarissa’s dark side. Looking back I could kind of see how they relate in some ways. However, I didn’t fully understand the relation between Clarissa and Septimus’s death. I can still see a little connection here and there though. Then at the very end, I thought it was destined that Peter and Clarissa would get back together some how. I mean, I know the story was only over a day, but I still felt there was a connection between them. Even though Peter kept telling himself that he does love Clarissa anymore, he always seemed to have his doubts. Clarissa also had a couple doubts throughout the story, that’s why I thought it was destined. I guess we will never really know since it ended before Peter and Clarissa really got to talk again. All in all, I would expect Clarissa and Peter to actually go back to each other, but also I feel they would both not want to take the risks.