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Each disrupts the pacing and tone of the scene it’s in—the axis the characters spin on tilts unaccountably. This kiss implies incest, which in this case is also tied up with questions about sexuality and gender. Dalloway to be published. This allowed writers like Virginia Woolf to create literature which explored the fluidity of gender and sexuality.

The dynamics of their marital relationship does not differ from that of a heterosexual couple. A Diamond and a Tropic Gale: Re-examining Bisexuality in Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia, who Daldry and Hare depict as having a racing mind out-of-step with the staid social conventions she’s expected to respect, dashes to the train station to go to London after kissing Vanessa.

Sharing and celebrating literature @myliteraryart. Only for a moment; but it was enough (Woolf 1925:29-30).

In this passage, Clarissa admits to herself that there are moments in her heterosexual marriage when she is attracted to women. 

By comparing the two novels, and placing them side by side, readers can see the progress in society regarding acceptance of LGBTQI+ people.

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Straight time relies on adherence to a set of norms that shouldn’t be disrupted. Dalloway, The Hours incorporates ambiguous kisses into the storyline, which brings to light the notion that gender and sexuality are fluid (non-fixed). With several hundred gay bars, nightclubs, love hotels, cafes, restaurants, massage parlors and more within five blocks, there are plenty of drinking and fraternizing options for the queer tourist in Tokyo.

Wood (2018:1) opens up the dialogue about Clarissa being bisexual.

Ten years have passed. The film has been described as a classic example of Oscar bait, dangling “transformative” performances by movie stars and surface-level intellect for the sole benefit of Academy members, and I understand this criticism a bit better now.

As Michael Cunningham works to plumb the depths of human experience, sexuality and sexual identity—and their socio-political ramifications, too—are often center stage.

Questions About Sexuality and Sexual Identity

  1. How does Clarissa Vaughan seem to define her lesbian identity? Queerness in The Hours stems from currents of desire which alter the characters’ relationships to the lives they’ve chosen.

    Clarissa is almost certain that she is in love with Sally (Woolf 1925:30). Watching it again, I understood that the film’s nontraditional temporality and its inclusion of queer narratives are inseparable, because the film’s entire approach to temporality is colored by queerness.

    In an article for Narrative that argues that both Mrs.