Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which part of the excerpt gives a sense of Mrs. Dalloway’s intense feeling of loneliness? Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (excerpt) She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged. She sliced like a knife through everything; at the same time was outside, looking on. She had a perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day. Not that she thought herself clever, or much out of the ordinary. How she had got through life on the few twigs of knowledge Fräulein Daniels gave them she could not think. She knew nothing; no language, no history; she scarcely read a book now, except memoirs in bed; and yet to her it was absolutely absorbing; all this; the cabs passing; and she would not say of Peter, she would not say of herself, I am this, I am that.

Answer 1

Answer:"She had a perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone;"

Explanation:

Mrs Dalloway is a famous novel by Virginia Woolf, that tells a story about Clarissa Dalloway. The novel is set in England after World War I.

In this particular excerpt, Clarissa is shopping, when she sees the omnibuses in Piccadilly. Although Clarissa is walking the crowded city street and is surrounded by people, she feels lonely. With this quote, Woolf demonstrates the contrast between the busy, public life and the loneliness of an individual. This is one of the most important themes that run throughout the novel. Although the characters experience similar struggles, they are ultimately alone and must live on their own.