Sebastian and Charles

By the end of the reading you had to do for this week (Book I, Chapter 6), the heady, idyllic life in Oxford and the summer in Brideshead had completely changed.  What is the principle cause of the change in the relationship between Charles and Sebastian?  Sebastian's drinking is obvious, but look at the cause of that.

One More Look at Mrs. Dalloway

I like the discussion about Clarissa this week.  It really gives me something to think about.

Remember that you will need to finish this discussion March 24.  I will NOT be posting a prompt next week during Spring Break.

So, for this week:
At the very beginning of the novel, Clarissa sees these lines from  Shakespeare:  "Fear no more the heat o' the sun / Nor the furious winter's rages."  Then, at the end, when she has left the party after hearing of Septimus's death, and she sees the old lady turn out the light, "the words came back to her, Fear no more the heat of the sun" (186).

What does that mean?  Why does Woolf use this reference at the beginning (about 6 pages in) and at the end (about six pages from the end)?

The Death of the Soul

When Peter Walsh awakes in the park, he says "The death of the soul."  What does that mean?  What prompts him to think about it?