what is the literal ananlysis of Virginia Wolf's Mrs. Dollawry?

Answer 1

The might of England and the Empire are represented by crown and flag. The occupant of the royal car in Mrs Dalloway be it ‘Queen, Prince or Prime Minister’ is ‘the ‘enduring symbol of state’ who will be remembered by future historians when ‘London is a grass‑grown path’. Woolf curiously breaks down this symbol with imagery of her own. The ‘face of the very greatest importance’ may well be identifiable by latter day antiquarians but its present visage is unidentifiable to the populace. The car itself is fitted out in dove‑grey symbolic of frigidity and anonymity exemplified by Sir William Bradshaw whose car, hair, rugs, furs and room are all of that colour. The respectable members of society namely Hugh Whitbread and all his colleagues, the gentlemen of England identify themselves with the establishment figure. Clarissa herself thinks of a party ‘that night in Buckingham Palace. And Clarissa too gave a party’. Ironically when the car eventually enters the palace yard, the nameless phantom of state remains unidentified as the passers‑by are preoccupied by the equally mysterious sign‑writing airplane.