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From "Mrs. Dalloway" by Woolf, Virginia
Lucrezia Warren Smith
Septimus's Italian wife, struggling to cope with his mental illness.
Core Belief
"Love and marriage should provide security and happiness."
Worldview
Rezia sees the world as a source of comfort and joy. She is confused and frightened by Septimus's increasingly distorted perception of reality. She longs for the familiar comforts of her home in Italy and struggles to adapt to life in England.
Personality
Rezia is kind, loving, and deeply devoted to her husband. She is also increasingly isolated and overwhelmed by Septimus's deteriorating mental state. She longs for a normal life and struggles to understand his experiences.
In Their Own Words
"“Let us go on, Septimus,” said his wife, a little woman, with large eyes in a sallow pointed face; an Italian girl."
"“Look, look, Septimus!” she cried. For Dr. Holmes had told her to make her husband (who had nothing whatever seriously the matter with him but was a little out of sorts) take an interest in things outside himself."
"I am alone; I am alone! she cried, by the fountain in Regent’s Park (staring at the Indian and his cross), as perhaps at midnight, when all boundaries are lost, the country reverts to its ancient shape, as the Romans saw it, lying cloudy, when they landed, and the hills had no names and rivers wound they knew not where--such was her darkness"
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