Mrs. Dalloway ( p. 111 – p.

124 …She was alright)

1. Even though Rezia tells Dr. Holmes that Septimus does not want to see him,
Dr. Holmes moves into Septimus' room, prompting Septimus' suicide. What is
disillusionment? Can you think of any examples from your life or someone
you know? What were the circumstances surrounding the disappointment?
What was the outcome? How was the perception of the person in question
changed? Was the relationship irreparable? Or did you/they manage to
overcome the personal disappointment and move forward?

What does Dr. Holmes discover about himself that disappoints him? Would
Dr. Holmes make the same decision today that he had made at that time when
he entered Septimus' room without permission?

What do you consider to be a fatal flaw? Do they think that people are
capable of having multiple fatal flaws or does one particular flaw supersede
any possible others? What do you consider to be the hierarchy of fatal flaws?

2. How does India appear in the novel? What does London have to do with
geographically and culturally distant India?
What was the impact of British Raj in the subcontinent?