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- Clarissa has found safety and comfort with Richard, a simple upholder of English tradition, but she felt passionate love for Sally, who subverted that tradition in many ways. Sally sold a family heirloom to go to Bourton, held feminist views, and shocked the upholders of old England, such as Aunt Helena.
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Clarissa and Sally fell behind, and “Sally stopped; picked a flower; kissed her on the lips.” Clarissa feels that this was the “most exquisite moment of her whole life,” and was like a religious experience.
- Clarissa Dalloway
Clarissa is married to the conservative politician Richard...
- Clarissa Dalloway
Clarissa considers the moment when Sally kissed her on the lips and offered her a flower at Bourton the “most exquisite moment of her whole life.” Society would never have allowed that love to flourish, since women of Clarissa’s class were expected to marry and become society wives.
The line Clarissa quotes from Othello not only foreshadows Septimus’s suicide but also points to the magnitude of Clarissa’s own youthful feelings for Sally. In the play, Othello fervently loves his wife, Desdemona, but eventually kills her out of mistaken jealousy.
Clarissa fell in love with Sally for having these qualities, but also feared that things would end badly for Sally – that her life would end with tragedy and martyrdom. These fears were unfounded though, as Sally later becomes Lady Rosseter and has five sons.
Clarissa’s first thought is that Sally looks nothing like what she remembered—the luster has left her. She observes this without judgment or reproach and still asserts that it is wonderful to see her, but even then she adds that Sally is “less lovely.”
Quick answer: Sally Seton plays a significant role in Clarissa Dalloway's life by representing a break from societal norms and awakening Clarissa's desires and...
Clarissa is married to the conservative politician Richard Dalloway but is deeply affected by her past love for Sally Seton and her rejection of Peter Walsh, and she often dwells on the past. Clarissa is sociable and loves life, especially the small moments and sensations of the everyday.
