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This paper analyzes the heroine of Virginia Woolf's novel, "Mrs. Dalloway" and examines the many inner conflicts that Clarissa struggles with, namely the upper class life she chose and the sentimental memories of her youth.

From the Paper
"In the novel "Mrs Dalloway", Virgina Woolf presents the character of Clarissa Dalloway the society wife of a Parliament member. The narrative is essentially the story of day in Clarissa's life as she prepares for a party that she and her husband are hosting."

Tags:Clarissa, analysis, Woolf

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This essay focuses on Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa" and Clarissa's position in eighteenth century patriarchal society. It examines Clarissa's goodness against the immoral desires of her family and an oppressive society. The author describes how throughout her struggle, Clarissa maintains her goodness and remains admirable in contrast to the immense social forces that stand against her.

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"Clarissa Harlowe is shaped by eighteenth century patriarchal society. As her individual goodness conflicts with the immoral desires of her family, she reacts against their oppressive expectations. The Harlowe family is driven by economic interests, which overpower human decency and love. Clarissa's lasting goodness becomes her defense and only power over those of whom she is constrained. Clarissa desires to challenge the roles set for her in society. In her struggle to escape, Clarissa discovers that she is very much a part of the patriarchal world that has shaped her. In Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, Clarissa Harlowe remains an admirable character despite the powerful social forces against and within her."

Tags:control, harlowe, lovelace, oppression, patriarchy, society, oppression, goodness, love

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This paper compares and contrasts the character of Clarissa in Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs Dalloway" to that of Clarissa in Michael Cunningham's novel "The Hours". It will point out the similarities and differences between the two characters and explain whether the two characters are continuous or not.

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This paper discusses how, called "the angel of the battlefield", Clarissa Harlowe Barton (1821-1912) was a teacher, politician, nurse, negotiator, public speaker, writer, humanitarian, and a lobbyist. The paper looks at how, Barton, inspired by Florence Nightingale, began began her work in the American Civil war in 1861 and how she started an agency that would get supplies and distribute them to the many wounded soldiers. In particular, the paper examines Barton's efforts to get the Red Cross established in America.

From the Paper
"When the war was finished, Barton worked as a lecturer for which she was highly respected. In the year 1870, Barton went to Europe to help in the war between France and Prussia (now part of modern-day Germany). There she learned of the Red Cross, an organization that was established in 1864 that brought humane services to any and all victims of war under a flag of neutrality. In 1877, supported by the International Red Cross, Barton began her mission of ratifying the Treaty of Geneva and the beginning of the establishment of the American Red Cross (founded in 1881). Her efforts included lobbying senators and congressmen. Barton would travel around giving speeches on the Red Cross and the Geneva Convention. She wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Red Cross of the Geneva Convention: What It Is" to help increase awareness and support for her important work. "

Tags:Florence, Nightingale, civil, war

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This essay examines the ideological roles of women in society. Clarissa Dalloway's unhappiness in marriage reflects defiance in the social ideal. Clarissa's marriage to Richard Dalloway is an action, which supposedly, should make her feel complete. Instead, marriage contributes to her sense of non-being. Clarissa's internal and external state of being is analyzed in the first section of the essay. This section looks at Woolf's narrative technique. Woolf uses juxtaposition of male, female; internal, external thought to highlight Clarissa's inability to act upon desire. The second topic of analysis in the essay is Clarissa's loss of identity. Clarissa becomes "Mrs.Dalloway" and defines herself by her new title. She plays the role that is expected in her social group. Though she works hard to maintain the perfect image she is not truly happy with her life. The third part of the essay examines Clarissa's interest in alternative lifestyles as a result of her unhappiness. Clarissa dreams about achieving goals that are unheard of for women of the time. She thinks about alternative relationships with both men and women. Though to weak to act upon such thoughts, Clarissa expresses defiance through her desire. Clarissa's internal resistance is intimately connected to the ideology of her social system.

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"In Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, the actions, thoughts and experiences of Clarissa Dalloway reflect the pressures on women to play ideological roles in society. Clarissa is an upper class mother, wife and hostess, whose thoughts and desires challenge her domestic role. She is not happy, yet she chooses to maintain the illusion of happiness in her life as a means of survival in a society that shuns independent women. Woolf's narrative serves to deconstruct the politics of gender and masculine privilege through Clarissa's internal discontent. Clarissa Dalloway is externally controlled by the dominant systems of belief in her high-class society. Clarissa's internal resistance to social order is apparent in her state of division, loss of identity, and interest in alternative lifestyles. Through the social interactions and thoughts of Clarissa Dalloway, the ideological and the internal are intimately connected."

Tags:clarissa, dalloway, division, external, feminism, ideals, identity, ideology, internal, love, marriage, patriarchy, resistance, society, virginia, women, woolf

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The biography of Clarissa Harlowe Barton cannot be written without also writing at least in some measure the history of the American Red Cross as well as that of the history of nursing. This paper examines the work of the founder of the American Red Cross, looking at both her own life and at her work during the major battles of the American Civil War. In order to set her work in the proper historical framework, the paper also provides a very brief overview of the history of nursing as a profession, a profession which Barton is "along with Florence Nightingale" responsible in many ways for creating in its contemporary form.
Although this paper focuses on the work that Barton performed during the Civil War, it also mentions her relief work in the yellow-fever pestilence in Florida (1887); in the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood (1889); in the Russian famine (1891); among the Armenians (1896); in the Spanish-American War (1898); and in the South African War (1899-1902). The last work that she personally directed was the relief of victims of the flood at Galveston, Texas, in 1900, before she died in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, 1912.

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"During the depression of the 1930s, many nurses were unemployed, and the number of schools declined. World War II, however, brought about another increased demand for nurses. The Cadet Nurse Corps, established in 1943, subsidized nursing education for thousands of young people who agreed to engage in nursing for the duration of the war. Since the end of World War II, technological advances in medicine and health have required nurses to become knowledgeable about sophisticated equipment, to learn about an increasing number of medications, and to design nursing care appropriate for the health care delivery system during a period of rapid change. Barton's nursing work on the battlefield helped lay down the fundamentals for nursing during wartime, and the work of nurses in MASH and other military units throughout the 20th century owes much to what she saw and did during the Civil War."

Tags:Missing, Soldiers, Office, Confederate, Union, Andersonville, Antietam

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In Virginia Wolf's "Mrs. Dalloway", the role of death represents the disappointments both Septimus and Clarissa have experienced in their lives. This paper explains how Septimus brings his own death to escape the frustrations he experiences in life. Clarissa sees death as the hope of discovering what is a meaningful life.

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"In Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, the character of Septimus is an elderly man whose mind is consumed with haunting memories of his days in war. Ever since his traumatic experiences in World War II, he finds nothing in his life worthwhile, and consequently chooses death as an alternative to boredom. Clarissa, who is the wife of Mr. Dalloway, knows her life has a greater function than serving as the "perfect hostess." She desperately wishes for the afterworld to rationalize what she believes is a life without purpose."

Tags:compare, contrast, death, life, quotations

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This paper explains that in "The Hours", Michael Cunningham freely admits that he drew deeply on Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway". The author relates that both Clarissas led fulfilling lives, but they are looking back at pivotal times in their lives when decisions may have cost them happiness and inner peace. The paper points out that, in both novels, the authors use flashbacks to structure their presentation of the lives of these characters

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""The Hours" opens with writer Virginia Woolf's suicide, where she contemplates before she drowns herself, "She herself has failed. She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric" (Cunningham 4). Woolf did indeed commit suicide, and the book, opening as it does, immediately lets the reader know this book was written in homage to Woolf, as well as the characters are all based on Woolf's own characters in "Mrs. Dalloway." Clarissa Vaughn and Clarissa Dalloway are both planning a party as they begin their stories. Clarissa Vaughn is a successful book editor in New York who has a happy lesbian relationship with her lover, Sally."

Tags:flashback, pivotal, decisions, suicide, homage

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This paper describes and analyzes the two main characters in "Mrs. Dalloway" and explains how the characters, while seemingly opposite, are actually two sides of the same coin, two fragile human beings who struggle with the meaning of life.

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"Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" takes place in the course of one summer day, yet goes back and forth in time, examining Clarissa Dalloway's life decisions as she prepares to throw a party and Septimus Smith's post-WWII nightmare as he contemplates suicide. Clarissa is a "perfect hostess" in her early fifties, who is now dealing with the decisions she made more than thirty years ago. Septimus, who Woolf uses as Clarissa's "double", is the "shell-shocked" war veteran who suffers delayed flashbacks over the wartime death of a friend."

Tags:reflects, past, peter, walsh, love, rejected, richard, war, veteran, communicate, health

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"This study will examine and compare the views of male-female relationships and marriage in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (Brett and Romero), Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (Clarissa and Richard), and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth and Darcy). The study will show that the Brett-Romero relationship is the most passionate, shallow and brief, while the Elizabeth-Darcy and Clarissa-Richard relationships are relatively without passion and yet will probably survive precisely because both partners seek a long-term union with stability and security rather than short-term passion. In all three relationships, the more fascinating and more fully examined member is the woman, with each reflecting a different level of passion, liberation, and self-knowledge.

Hemingway portrays the brief and sexually charged..."