2/20/2023 0 Comments Kew gardens virginia woolf pdfSomething that is more noticeable by the fact that rather than walking beside Eleanor, Simon walks ahead of her which may symbolically suggest that he feels disconnected from not only Eleanor but his children too. Which may lead some critics to suggest that Simon, being unable to let go of the memory of Lily’s rejection of him, remains in many ways paralysed or unsatisfied with his life with Eleanor. Despite the passing of time (and his subsequent marriage to Eleanor) Simon is still unable to let go of Lilly and if anything the passion that he felt for her so many years ago remains. Firstly we are introduced to Simon who as he is walking through the gardens recalls Lily’s rejection of his marriage proposal some fifteen years earlier. Though this may seem insignificant it is important as by using a public setting, Woolf also manages to introduce characters into the story from all types (or walks) of life. The story is set in its entirety in the Royal Botanic Gardens situated in London. However there are sections that have the feel of stream of consciousness and after reading the story the reader realises just how important the setting of the story is. Taken from her The Complete Shorter Fiction collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator. In Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf we have the theme of passion, desire, love, regret, paralysis, letting go, uncertainty, connection and humanity.
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