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Shakespearean Sorrows in "Mrs. Dalloway"

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  Shakespearean Sorrows in " Mrs. Dalloway "      It can be noted that there is a certain air of familiar tragedy in Virginia Woolf's " Mrs. Dalloway " that can be frequently paralleled with the mentioned works of William Shakespeare in the novel itself - mainly when it comes to " Othello ". In a line that is spoken during a supposed moment of joy; where Othello returns from the war to marry his much paler beau, Desdemona - he gives the line, " If it were now to die, 'twere now to be most happy " when asked of how he thinks of the presented threat that comes with Desdemona's father learning of their marriage. He would be happy dying as long as he were able to love and wed his lady.      This specific line is used several times in " Mrs. Dalloway ", and can thus also be assumed in the context of other instances within the novel. The first time that comes to me, off the top of my head, that I would like to point to is when Cl...
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Howie and How-He "Works"

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Howie and How-He "Works" By: Oz Green     When describing one's redeeming qualities during an interview, "detail-oriented" seems to be a fairly positive trait to include. However, in the case of Howie "main narrator/character" LastName, this may have been his only negative factor in terms of how he approaches the workspace. It is not simply due to the fact that he does not use excessive detailing when illustrating his supposed day-to-day experiences while working on the Mezzanine floor in his corporate workspace - but rather that he pours all his detailing into everything besides his actual work. It can be assumed that he works in an office cubicle, and has rather straight-laced coworkers (as this is only viewed from his  perspective, perhaps what they were discussing did not apply to his process of interpretation). In his defense, is this not the description of the average office worker? The "grueling" and mundane living while the person wor...
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