Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Questions for The Hours

1.Describe the three female characters in great detail? What do they have in common?

How do they differ? How does their era influence who they are?


Virginia Wolf (Susex, England) - Lives with her husband, going a bit crazy again, committed suicide, smokes, writer of Mrs. Dallaway, doesn't care about her doctors, kissed her sister.

Clarissa Dallaway (2001, New York) - In bed with another woman, seems to be living out the book, witnessed Laura's son suicide.

Laura (1950s, Los Angeles) - Has a husband and child and is pregnant with another, reading Virginia's book, kissed her lady friend, her son committed suicide, she left her family after her second child was born.



2. Compare/Contrast these female characters with the female characters from the

literature weʼve read.

All suffering from depression, tied together through Virginia's book, all love women.

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