Clarissa and Septimus

In Virginia Woolf’s book, Mrs. Dalloway, Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith grow up under the same social institutions although social classes are drawn upon wealth; it can be conceived that two people may have very similar opinions of the society that created them. The English society which Woolf presents individuals that are uncannily similar. Clarissa and Septimus share the quality of expressing through actions, not words. Through these basic beliefs and idiosyncrasies, both …

…death is an answer to his constant torture from the doctors and society. Clarissa relates to his suicide as a way for him to finally communicate to everyone, especially his two doctors. Neither Dr. Holmes nor Sir William could empower his life anymore with their false treatments. In everything that has happened in one day, the key connection between Septimus and Clarissa was his death and the English society that both people were subjected to.