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This path follows Mrs. Dalloway's events throughout the day.
June 13 1923 10:00am
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Mrs. Dalloway decides to buy the flowers herself. As she walks, she begins to reminisce about her past. She remembers herself at eighteen, seeing the world through younger eyes; the calm air, the trees, the flowers, and...Peter Walsh.
June 13 1923 10:05am
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Mrs. Dalloway runs into her old friend, Hugh Whitebread, and they begin to talk about Hugh's ill wife. As they speak, feelings of inadequacy spring up in Clarissa. Woolf writes, "She always felt skimpy beside Hugh; schoolgirlish". This meeting with Hugh sparks memories from Clarissa's childhood.
June 13 1923 10:07am
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Running into Hugh Makes Clarissa recall memories of Peter Walsh, a boy with whom she held romantic feelings. Her memories jump to the time that he had proposed marriage to her, and how she had turned him down, a decision she still struggles with today.
June 13 1923 10:30am
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Clarissa thinks about death as she walks down the street, then begins to think about her daughter, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth’s teacher, Miss Kilman, and expresses her dislike of Miss Kilman. She wonders if Elizabeth is in love with Miss Kilman or if it is just a phase.
June 13 1923 10:35am
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While she's in the flower store, Clarissa hears a car backfire and it is believed to be the prime minister or the queen behind the blinds of the car.
June 13 1923 11:00am
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Clarissa expresses her feelings of emptiness and says that she has slept alone for quite a while ever since she had been sick with influenza and feeling passionate towards Richard. She admits to not believing in God.
June 13 1923 11:00am
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Peter Walsh, who once asked her to marry him, stops by for a visit since he just arrived from India.
Peter expresses his love for Clarissa and when he leaves Clarissa tells him to “Remember my party to-night!”
June 13 1923 11:00am
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Clarissa feels she might have a sexual attraction to women and thinks about Sally Seton, who she thinks that she was in love with. Sally had gone to Bourton in the summer with Clarissa. Sally was a big influence on her as a young girl.
June 13 1923 2:45pm
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Clarissa does not want her cousin, Ellie Henderson, to come to the party and notices Elizabeth praying with Miss Kilman . Richard brings her flowers but cannot say that he loves her for some reason.
June 13, 1923 3:30pm
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Clarissa notices an old woman climbing stairs through her window. She believes that is a good sign.
June 13 1923 7:30pm
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After some last minute preparations the party begins and Clarissa greets her guests with “How delightful to see you!” which Peter sees as insincere and generic.
June 13 1923 7:45pm
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At first Clarissa is not enjoying her own party, but then Lady Rosseter arrives, who is actually Sally Seton, now married. Clarissa reminisces about how excited she used to be with Sally and how reckless Sally was when they were younger and spent the summer at Bourton, but thinks that Sally is not the same girl that she once knew; she is more tame now.
June 13 1923 7:45pm
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Clarissa is scared that party will be a disaster. But shortly after she thinks that it will actually be a success and is somewhat relieved.
June 13 1923 7:50pm
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Clarissa tells Sally and Peter to wait and that they can talk when all of the others have left the party.
June 13 1923 9:00pm
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Clarissa feels compelled to see Sir William Bradshaw and his wife. They bring the story of Septimus' suicide to the party and this upsets Clarissa. However, this does bring back a memory that at one point in her life, she felt that she could have died happy.
June 13 1923 10:00pm
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Clarissa sees the old woman out of her window again. The old woman is going to bed and Clarissa realizes that she needs to start living in the present and goes back to the party.
June 14 1923 3:00am
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The party has finally ended and Clarissa is able to talk with her old friends Peter and Sally.
This path follows Peter's events throughout the day.
06/13/1923 11:00am
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Peter goes to Clarissa’s house for an unexpected visit upon return from India. She is caught of guard by this visit and is in the middle of mending a dress for the party.
06/13/1923 11:05am
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Peter is reminded of when Clarissa rejects his offer of marriage and has still not gotten over that traumatizing event. He looks around her home and observes its elegance, making him feel inferior to her current lifestyle.
06/13/1923 11:10am
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Peter admits to Clarissa that he has fallen in love with the wife of a Major in the Indian army (Daisy). Overcome by a surge of old emotions Peter breaks down and begins to cry.
06/13/1923 11:11am
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Clarissa's daughter enters the room, after greeting her Peter abruptly leaves.
06/13/1923 11:13am
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Walking through the streets Peter analyzes his life choices and begins to feel young for the first time in years. He walks towards Trafalgar Square, then heads to Regent’s Park.
06/13/1923 11:20am
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Peter arrives at Regents park and finds a nice bench next to a nurse and a young child. He promptly falls asleep. During his nap he has flashbacks to his past interactions and emotions with Clarissa and how they had an unspoken way of communication. He then has another flashback to when Clarissa first met Richard and when Peter and Clarissa ended things.
06/13/1923 11:35am
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Peter awakes from his nap to see a rather strange man beckoning him to come over. This was Septimus mistaking Peter as his deceased war friend Evans.
06/13/1923 11:37am
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Peter begins to question his relationship with Daisy. Whether or not he truly loves her and is willing to make her make the sacrifice of leaving her family for him.
06/13/1923 6:10pm
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On his way to dinner in his hotel, Peter notices an ambulance pass by him. He then begins to begins to analyze English society and its civilization.
06/13/1923 6:30pm
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Peter enters his hotel room with the mail that he picked up from the front desk. He finds a letter from Clarissa saying how lovely it was to see him early that day. The timing of the letter meant that she had written and mailed the letter immediately after he left her house.
06/13/1923 6:40pm
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Peter eats dinner at his hotel before going to Clarissa's party. Here he sees the Morris family whom he admires for not being preoccupied by bourgeois affairs.
06/13/1923 7:35pm
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Peter arrives to Clarissa's party. He finds his old friend Sally Seton and they reconnect and reminisce on their younger years. Peter becomes anxious to speak with Clarissa, but she is too preoccupied with being "the perfect hostess".
06/14/1923 3:00am
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Most of the party guests have already left but Peter has not,waiting for a chance to speak with Clarissa. Peter asks himself "what is it that fills me with extraordinary excitement?" Clarissa enters the room and he realizes that she is the answer.
This path follows Septimus' events throughout the day.
June 13 1923 10:30am
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Crossing the street with his wife Rezia, Septimus hears the car backfire, becomes confused by the congestion. He begins to feel tension within the crowd, and believes that he is the one responsible for blocking the way.
Rezia fears for Septimus, as he recently threatened to kill himself. She also feels embarrassed to be with him due to his being shell shocked, he often acts weird, even though doctors say nothing is wrong with him.
June 13 1923 10:45am
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Rezia points out the plane to Septimus, who, in his shell shocked state, believes that it is specifically signaling him. He is unable to understand the signal, but is enveloped by it's sheer beauty.
June 13 1923 10:45am
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As the plane goes by, Rezia places her hand on Septimus' knee. this in turn, sparks a whole new set of sensations for Septimus to feel. He understands that it is Rezia who is holding him down in reality, keeping him from being overwhelmed; from going mad. He resolves that he will not go mad, but this is quickly tested by a flood of sensations, and sounds; "the birth of a new Religion".
June 13 1923 11:35am
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Rezia moves to the fountain, leaving Septimus by himself. For a moment Septimus sees visions of his dead friend, Evans, beckoning to him.
June 13 1923 11:45am
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Rezia returns to Septimus, when he notices she is not wearing her wedding ring. She states that her hand is too thin to wear it now, bu he takes it as a sign that their marriage is over and that he is free at last from the world around him. He begins to have more visions, brought about by his new found freedom, and sees Peter Walsh walking towards him, mistaking him for his dead friend Evans.
June 13 1923 12:00pm
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Rezia takes Septimus to visit Sir William Bradshaw, a doctor. On their way there, Septimus's recalls his past, explaining how he had moved to London and started a life. Of how he had been one of the first to volunteer to fight in the war, of how he had met Evans, and of how he had watched Evans die. Instead of feeling sorrow, though, Septimus “congratulated himself upon feeling very little and very reasonably.” (Woolf, 86) Septimus later describes an inability to feel and experienced sudden pangs of fear; the only thing that could comfort him was his soon to be wife Rezia. Five years passed, and their marriage seemed to be falling apart, with Rezia wishing for children, and Septimus slowly declining, becoming more and more unable to feel anything.
June 13 1923 12:00pm
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Septimus goes to meet with Sir William Bradshaw, who in turn prescribes bed-rest and isolation for Septimus at one of his homes in the country. Septimus trues to convey his "great message", but is unable, and the couple leaves dissatisfied.
June 13 1923 3:50pm
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Rezia, working at the table at home, thinks of how different Septimus had become, always seeing visions and having her write down all of his revelations. Septimus, across the room on the sofa, seems to hear the world calling out to him, "Fear no more." (Woolf, 140) With this he gains a bit of clarity; the world stops moving, and the objects in the room are real and do not speak to him. He begins to have a normal conversation with Rezia, who is overjoyed to have the "Old Septimus" back. As the evening paper arrives, Septimus lays down and happily falls asleep.
June 13 1923 5:45pm
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Septimus wakes up in terror, and finds himself alone in the room. He broods on the fact that he is alone, and contemplates the meaning of it. He calls out for Evans, but Rezia enters instead. They talk, which leads to Septimus questioning what power Bradshaw and Holmes have over him. After a moment Septimus asks Rezia to fetch his writings and revelations, and burn. Rezia, who refused to burn all of them, ties up some of the papers up with a ribbon for safe keeping.
June 13 1923 6:00pm
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During their conversation, Rezia hears a commotion downstairs. She goes down, revealing that it is Dr. Holmes. She refuses to let him see Septimus, but Holmes manages to bypass her. Septimus, hearing this, tries to find a way to escape Holmes' and Bradshaw's power. He looks around for some such way, and finally sees the window. Septimus then flings himself down from the window, killing himself. This can be seen as the only avenue that he could take to run from the oppression that he felt from Holmes and Bradshaw.