Abstract: Virginia Woolf, one of the greatest women writers in English literature, is honored as the vanguard of modernism and feminism in twentieth century, the central figure in the literary circles of London. Mrs. Dalloway is one of her best-known novels which was published in May, 1925. It tells the details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, who is a fictional high-society woman in post-World War I in England. Mrs. Dalloway is regarded as one of the best novels in 1923-2005 by TIME. This thesis mainly focuses on Woolf’s own tragedy replied in Mrs. Dalloway through comparison and analysis between Woolf and Clarissa's confusion in marriage and interpersonal relationship, Woolf and Septimus's torture of the war and mental disease, also Woolf and Sally's unfortunate in family and society. This thesis demonstrates the tragedy of Woolf’s life which has the enormous significance when she created characters in her novels. 

Key words: Viginia·Woolf; Mrs.Dalloway; tragedy; characterization

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摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction1

  1.1 A Brief Introduction about the Auther and the Novel

  1.2 Literature Review about the Author’s Works

  1.3 The Main Content of the Thesis

2. Reflection of the Mrs. Dalloway....3

2.1 Virginia Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway

  2.1.1 Misfortune of Marriage

  2.1.2 Confusion of Interpersonal Relationships   

2.2 Virginia Woolf and Septimus Warren Smith

  2.2.1 Torture of the War

  2.2.2 Torments of Disease

2.3 Virginia Woolf and Sally Seton

  2.3.1 Factors of Family

  2.3.2 Impacts of Society

3. Conclusion..13

Bibliography.14

Acknowledgements..15