Tuesday, November 15, 2011

How old was Lucrezia in Mrs. Dalloway?

The character of Lucrezia Warren Smith in Virginia Woolf's
Mrs. Dalloway is twenty four years old. She is described with the
following traits and characteristics.


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She had a right to his arm, though it was
without feeling. He would give her, who was so simple, so impulsive, only twenty-four,
without friends in England, who had left Italy for his sake, a piece of
bone.



We know that her age is
a clever trait to add to her character because it allows the reader to appreciate the
contrast between Lucrezia and her husband. She is still young enough to live for a long
time and try for a better life, but she is stuck in her situation due to his mental
illness. It had emaciated and consumed her, an otherwise vibrant woman. It is as if she
were a waste of time and space due to her husband's problems.

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