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Throughout my time reading this book, I've realized that the characters seem extraordinarily modern. It's a wonder to think how they must've come across in the time period that the book debuted in 1925. Take Brett for example: In 1925, even though it was in a progressive time period for women's rights--specifically in the suffrage movement--women were still very much the victim of oppression and suppression in their everyday lives. I wonder if it was hard to accept a character such as Brett, headstrong, and tomboyish as she was. I could very well see her character existing in today's world, which makes me wonder how much the times have actually changed in the last century.  Other parts of Brett's persona make me wonder about this as well. For example, her obvious relationship issues and, I believe, slight pistanthrophobia (fear of getting hurt in a romantic relationship). Throughout the book, we see Brett go from relationship to relationship--never settling--and...

 Today, we got a notebook assignment prompting us to think about Septimus and Clarissa's plotlines with Woolf's original plans for the book in mind. I thought this was a very interesting topic so I will expand on my thoughts here: Firstly I'd like to address the part of the prompt that says the Clarissa never heard anything about Septimus. I disagree completely with that statement because she did hear about him at her party. I think this scene is relevant because it reveals such a fascinating part of Clarissa's mind. She envies him. Besides how little she knows of him, she recognizes that he took his own life to preserve his soul. With all of her thoughts, dwellings in the past, leading up to this moment, she finally expresses that she feels she has lost not only her passion but her soul in marrying Richard. She feels ashamed of who shes turned out to be and the way she let go of herself to climb the social ladder. News of Septimus's death, in combination with seein...