Dead End:
War never created good for anyone. Instead, war resulted in horror shows leaving people victimized by the sequence of events. In the novel Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, Septimus Warren Smith is a victim of the war who was living on the edge of insanity. He endures a sort of posttraumatic stress disorder due to the terrifying scenes he experiences at war. As a result, the man exemplifies the common life of a veteran who is constantly defying what’s told to him by physicians. Virginia Woolf exemplifies the struggle of veterans living in British society through Septimus’ relationship with his wife Lucrezia, his battle with doctors/society attempting to put him away and his constant visions of negativity including his friend Evans.
The doctors and experts Septimus Smith visits to solve his post-war …show more content…
It is ironic that the people one attends for guidance end up causing his death. Septimus always has been on edge after returning from war, when even the backfire of a car causes him to burst out. Initially, his first doctor, doctor Holmes, does not diagnose Septimus with anything, and rather refers him to Sir William Bradshaw. Sir William Bradshaw is a condescending character who decides to put Septimus away in a home. He diagnoses him as a patient who has a nervous breakdown, and therefore he should rest. The decision does not impress Septimus, nor does it impress Rezia, his Italian wife. For this reason, Septimus despises both doctors and this overmounting pressure causes him to be apprehensive. Even Virginia Woolf wrote, “Septimus Warren Smith… hazel eyes which had that look of apprehension which makes complete strangers apprehensive too” (Woolf 14). To be apprehensive means to be anxious and fearful of a potential bad event. If anything, the doctors
War never created good for anyone. Instead, war resulted in horror shows leaving people victimized by the sequence of events. In the novel Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, Septimus Warren Smith is a victim of the war who was living on the edge of insanity. He endures a sort of posttraumatic stress disorder due to the terrifying scenes he experiences at war. As a result, the man exemplifies the common life of a veteran who is constantly defying what’s told to him by physicians. Virginia Woolf exemplifies the struggle of veterans living in British society through Septimus’ relationship with his wife Lucrezia, his battle with doctors/society attempting to put him away and his constant visions of negativity including his friend Evans.
The doctors and experts Septimus Smith visits to solve his post-war …show more content…
It is ironic that the people one attends for guidance end up causing his death. Septimus always has been on edge after returning from war, when even the backfire of a car causes him to burst out. Initially, his first doctor, doctor Holmes, does not diagnose Septimus with anything, and rather refers him to Sir William Bradshaw. Sir William Bradshaw is a condescending character who decides to put Septimus away in a home. He diagnoses him as a patient who has a nervous breakdown, and therefore he should rest. The decision does not impress Septimus, nor does it impress Rezia, his Italian wife. For this reason, Septimus despises both doctors and this overmounting pressure causes him to be apprehensive. Even Virginia Woolf wrote, “Septimus Warren Smith… hazel eyes which had that look of apprehension which makes complete strangers apprehensive too” (Woolf 14). To be apprehensive means to be anxious and fearful of a potential bad event. If anything, the doctors