Death in the Hours

After Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale find the dead canary in Mrs. Wright's basket, they figure out that her murder of her husband did not result from being upset in her marriage but from enforcing to return to solitude by the killing of her bird. Mrs.

In the early 1940’s, Hitler started death camps. His goal was to kill all of the Jews because they were not pure Germans. He started concentration camps, where they would beat and starve the prisoners until they died. The prisoners went through selections to see what job to make them, and if they were not fit enough, to kill them. The Nazis used crematories in which they burned prisoners, in ovens, until they were ashes. One of the most infamous concentration camps was a camp called Auschwitz. Night is a true story, written by Eliezer (Elie) Wiesel, about his time spent in Auschwitz, and another concentration camp called Buna. He was deported from his home in Sighet, Transylvania when he was

Over the period of a day, Laura Brown gradually succumbs to her overwhelming desire to liberate herself from her mundane life. Her life has taken a very different direction from what she ever thought it would, and she finds herself completing commonplace household

Mr. Wright is not frightened by the consequences of his actions towards Mrs. Wright and her belongings. The County Attorney thoroughly examines the relationship between Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Hale explains how she has “ . . . not seen much of [Mrs. Wright] of late years” (Glaspell 4) which reveals how isolated Mrs. Wright is. Mr. Wright does not think twice about keeping his wife secluded from everyone because he thinks Mrs. Wright is incompetent in expressing her feelings towards him. The dead canary is found by the women and they debate whether Mr. Wright was a factor in the death of the bird. Mrs. Hale replies to Mrs. Peters that “ . . . Wright wouldn’t like the bird--a thing that sang. [Mrs. Wright] used to sing. He killed that too” (Glaspell 9). Despite his wife’s feelings, Mr. Wright believes that he can get rid of anything to satisfy his happiness.

Throughout her life, novelist Virginia Woolf suffered with mental illness, and she ultimately ended her life at age 59. As art often imitates life, it is not surprising that characters in Woolf’s works also struggle with mental illness. One of her novels, Mrs. Dalloway, recounts a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a high society woman living in London, and those who run in her circle. As the novel progresses the reader sees one of the characters, Septimus, struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by serving in war. At the end of the story, he commits suicide. While there is no explicit articulation of any other character suffering from mental illness in the novel, Septimus is not alone. Through her thoughts and actions, we can deduce that Clarissa also endures mental and emotional suffering. Though Clarissa does not actually attempt to end her life in the novel, her mental and emotional suffering lead her to exhibit suicidal tendencies. To prove this, I will examine Clarissa’s thoughts and actions from a psychological perspective.

I saw a scary, awkward, and especially frightening looking ghost in the 3 AM movie, last summer. This movie was also named the Hour of Dead. In fact, it was about a hunted place “Rudra Mills” where a creepy looking girl ghost lived. The girl had a burnt face with long black hair that fell over her scary round white eyes which was very frightening. She had thin body always wearing short dress having holes in it. Her body did not match her big head having long hair that weighted a lot, which seemed like a very heavy thing is hanging on her or something that is not hers. Because of her weighted hair, she would always hung her head down to the earth and her white eyes filled with blood were visible and shining from far. Moreover, her big sharp

In “The Story of an Hour” we are taken through a journey. The journey is the thoughts and emotions going through Mrs. Mallards (Louise) mind. The journey only takes an hour, so everything moves at a fast pace. Louise seemed to process the news of her husband’s death without an initial element of disbelief and shock. She goes right into the reaction of grieving for her husband. She quickly begins to feel other emotions. At first she does not understand them. The journey is a way that Louise comes to her final thoughts of freedom. She looks into the future and looks forward to living a long life on her own terms.

Virginia Woolf and Laura Brown in Michael Cunningham’s The Hours aren’t satisfied with the current situation they are in and wish that things could go back to the way they were before Virginia moved and Laura got married. Laura Brown wants to flee her family because she feels that she always has to put up an act when she is around them. Although she has her happy moments, it doesn’t last long when she starts fantasizing death and thinks about how easy it would be to end her life. She misses who she was before she got married and started a family, ”Laura Zielski, the solitary girl, the incessant reader, is gone, and here in her place is Laura Brown” (40).

The Hours is a movie that won the most awards in 2002.The movie is mainly about relationships, love, and death. This movie follows a single day in the lives of three women in different time periods between 1941 to 2001.The clothes that all three of these women wore were from different time periods. It is apparent from this movie that throughout history women were faced with trials and tribulations. Through each of their lives they battled with their own identity and the roles that they should play in society. In fact, this movie is mostly based on three women and their reflection on the novel Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf is the author of the novel Mrs. Dalloway, accordingly Laura Brown, reads

In the story Mrs. Dalloway, the theme of death is extremely prevalent, but one character that is separate from that theme, essentially until the end of the book, Clarissa. Clarissa never faces death; despite, that she is living in a world that is so close to WWII. Why is Clarissa so separated from death in the story? Clarrisa lives her life isolated from the world of death; she goes on to her parties and other social events like they are the only important thing in the world. Then at the end of the book, during the part she has spent so much time and effort on, the only thing that the people are talking about is some random guy that killed himself.

From the beginning of Mrs. Dalloway, Woolf establishes that Clarissa’s bright and hopeful spirit has become dulled and burdened when subjected to the oppressive nature of marriage. During a glimpse into her younger years, the reader is able to see Clarissa. With each flashback into Clarissa’s youth, the reader is provided another image of Clarissa before marriage, one that highlights her passion and curiosity for life. While Clarissa felt a passion and connection with Peter, she could not bear to live in a marriage where her freedom was something she had to sacrifice. The decision she makes is logical in some ways, but her choice also brings into question the fault of her marriage in the first place. In Clarissa’s world, the option for passion and the security of her freedom was not available nor would it ever be; therefore, she was forced to choose between the two. Men, however, were not forced to make such decisions and were given the liberty to wait well into their later years to find a spouse suitable to their liking. By choosing to marry Richard over Peter, Clarissa forsook the option of passion in

  Clarissa Dalloway, the central character in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, is a complex figure whose relations with other women reveal as much about her personality as do her own musings. By focusing at length on several characters, all of whom are in some way connected to Clarissa, Woolf expertly portrays the ways females interact: sometimes drawing upon one another for things which they cannot get from men; other times, turning on each other out of jealousy and insecurity.

During the time of a young modern society, there were ideals and social standards that led people to feel isolated from their own expressions and thoughts. In Mrs. Dalloway, identity is a significant theme depicted in the novel and is prevalent between the characters portrayed throughout. One character in particular that represents the image and reflection of identity in the British society during the first world war is Clarissa Dalloway. All the attributes such as her love for flowers, her lavish entertaining parties, and the bonds she has between her friends and lovers reveal something about her identity that she discovers about herself at the end of the book. Clarissa’s personality is complex and moving as her emotions and life events are unraveled in the moment as things happen.

The evening distinctly had ended on a marvellous night; however it had not been without its difficulties. More often than not, Eponine as well as Enjolras argued in whispers about her close proximity. The arguments usually consisted of a grinning Eponine, and a flustered Enjolras. Then, the political arguments between Marius and Enjolras voraciously came, which Eponine had zealously become immune to. It was amusing to behold the Fauchelevent’s bewildered expressions. Nevertheless, Enjolras had improved his people skills enough to survive the night without banging doors and spitting fire. Dare he think it; he would not mind another chance to coincidentally meet with the family. The stars twinkled above them as Enjolras mightily stood in the doorway, his body chilled from the night air.

Written by Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway is a fictional novel that concentrates on the daily encounters of Clarissa Dalloway and her flashbacks.  Woolf’s stream of consciousness technique and third person narration gives the reader an insight into the doings and feelings of the various characters in the novel.  Woolf’s commentary focuses on the oppression that resulted from World War I. This is seen primarily in Septimus Warren Smith, who suffers from shell shock and serves as a double of Clarissa. On a Wednesday in June, Clarissa, who is currently 52-years-old, introduces the readers to a plethora of streets in Westminster and also the up-scale guests who will be attending her party that evening.  Clarissa is known for her lavish parties, thrown for the purpose of allowing important people to chat, while maintaining her upper-class image that was gained through her marriage with Mr. Dalloway. The plot of the novel is simple, yet readers know intricate details about the characters through their thoughts. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses Clarissa’s isolation, her realization of life and death, and the relationships between the characters in a single day during the post-World War I era to express the feelings and thoughts of Clarissa, who hears the striking of Big Ben and reflects upon her past.