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Tara Luther
Posted Apr 20, 2000 12:12 PM
Woolf, it appears to me does repeat a theme in a certain character type. I suppose it is most about searching with a loose grip, and the constant social pressure to take a firm stand, or be considered a chameleon. Lily does this chameleon act least sucessfully because we watch her process of surrender on a personal basis, while Orlando's very character flows smoothly as the personification of surrender. There is little mention of any social problems aside from her property rights.
Clarissa is the perfect medium between the two. She is not coming into surrender, nor has she become it. She just is, and while Ms. Kilman, the gypsies, and Mr. Tansely loom with their tighter version of the way things should be she functions peacefully taking into ecount her failures in personal relationships as well as her general ability to bring joy to others. I'm struck by the fact that the three are all given such different time frames to generate the same theme. |
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