Literature and Anthology Notes

Time's Winged Chariot

• The phrase "Time's winged chariot hurrying near" means time is quickly approaching, like a racing chariot.
• It conveys time's swift passage and the need for prompt action.
• The poem uses imagery and metaphors, such as "vegetable love" and "time's winged chariot."
• The poem is structured into three sections: past, present, and future.
• Alliteration is also used.

Mrs. Dalloway

• The title emphasizes Clarissa Dalloway's identity as a wife and socialite, reflecting her role in post-World War I British society.
• It highlights themes of identity and societal expectations.
• The novel is rich in symbolism and imagery.
• Woolf uses motifs and recurring images to deepen the novel's themes and create a vivid sensory experience.
• Symbols and images underscore characters' emotional states, the passage of time, and the complexities of human experience.
• Both narrative structure and content mark Mrs. Dalloway as a Modernist novel.
• Woolf employs a traveling consciousness, or narration that moves between characters, times, and places, reflecting the fragmentary nature of Modernist writing.
• This reveals a preoccupation with subjectivity and how the mind works.
• The text lacks a definitive narrative voice, depicting numerous realities built by individual characters' perceptions.