Mrs. Dalloway

As mentioned in class time plays an important role in Mrs. Dalloway. Big Ben in particular serves as a symbol of time (obviously being a clock) and is used as a constant reminder that time is passing and death in eventually coming. Time breaks up the fluid thoughts and memories of the different characters bringing to mind how the character have spent their lives through the years. This is particularly evident with Clarissa who is constantly looking to the past. Time is played with in many lights throughout the novel but one of the most obvious points is that time is circular not simply linear. Big Ben is used to portray time as I mentioned before and what should be noted about Big Ben is that it constantly ticks on. It continues keeping time time never stoiing for death or birth. This is just one thought on time but it should be kept in mind that time was so important throughout Woolf's novel that she almost named it The Hours.