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The following question references the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf


Inferences are conclusions drawn from either evidence or reasoning presented in a novel. What are some of the inferences
made regarding Septimus Smith and his condition? Describe his symptoms, the cause of his condition, how it affects his
life and how it affects his wife Lucrezia.

Answer 1

Some of the inferences made regarding Septimus Smith and his condition in "Mrs. Dalloway" are:

• He is a veteran of World War I.
• He suffers shell shock and hallucinations which was as a result of the death of his friend, Evans.
• He later killed himself by jumping out of a window.

In Septimus' condition, when he sees an airplane, he thinks the airplane is signaling to him. He is seen to have suffered from traumatic stress with hallucinations due to the death of Evans his friend who died in the war.

When he was taken to a psychiatric hospital, he actually jumps out of a window killing himself.

His condition and death affected the wife and made her to mourn both for his physical and mental death.

"Mrs Dalloway" is a novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel reveals a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England.

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