Mrs. D #5

“Miss Kilman stood there (and stand she did, with the power and taciturnity of some prehistoric monster armored for primeval warfare)” (p126). Virginia Woolf describes Miss Kilman as a “prehistoric monster” ready for war. A perfect example of imagery in Woolf’s novel, this could make the reader view Miss Kilman differently. Clarissa Dalloway detests this woman. Feeling as though she is “taking her daughter from her,” she pictures Kilman’s demise and laughs. The idea of Miss Kilman fading away rapidly enlightens Clarissa, allowing her daughter to continue to the stores.