Shakespearean Sorrows in "Mrs. Dalloway"
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...