Tag: Septimus Smith
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Septimus Smith thought Evans spoke to him, from behind the screen. Septimus Smith thought “Evans was speaking”. But Evans is his dead friend. The reader wonders how could a dead man speak to him? Septimus thought “Evans answered from behind the tree.” (Woolf, p. 63) Septimus saw “A man in grey was actually walking towards…
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Septimus Smith hates Dr Holmes, because he thinks he is “the repulsive brute, with the blood-red nostrils” (Woolf, p. 84) Dr Holmes did not correctly diagnose Septimus’ medical condition. The patient could be suffering from stress, shock, depression or Post Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD). Septimus thought Dr Holmes did not understand him and whatever the…