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TITLE |
Mrs.
Dalloway (1997) |
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DISABILITY |
Mental Shell
shock Amputee |
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There are
two stories here. One is that of Clarissa Dalloway |
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who is
preparing for a party which will be a defining moment in |
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her life. We
learn in flashbacks that she chose to marry a |
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rich
politician while sacrificing more fulfilling relationships.
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The other
story is of Septimus Smith who is suffering from |
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delayed
shell-shock and has visions of a man called Evans. |
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He talks of
suicide and when his doctor is going to put him in |
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hospital he
kills himself by jumping from a window. The film |
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suggests
that the people around him and his doctor have |
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failed to
understand what is wrong with him. |
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His doctor
relates at Mrs. Dalloway's party what happened to |
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Smith which
in turn upsets her and she contemplates suicide |
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. (Virginia
Woolf committed suicide). |
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From the
novel by Virgina Woolf |
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Notes
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