In Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, the author describes the situation in England during World War I through the eyes of her characters. Septimus is a World War I veteran who suffers from a mental illness. What comment on life might these lines from Mrs. Dalloway represent?
Septimus was one of the first to volunteer. He went to France to save an England which consisted almost entirely of Shakespeare's plays and Miss Isabel Pole in a green dress walking in a square.

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In Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, the author describes the situation in England during World War I through the eyes of her characters. Septimus is a World War I veteran who suffers from a mental illness. What comment on life might these lines from Mrs. Dalloway represent?
Septimus was one of the first to volunteer. He went to France to save an England which consisted almost entirely of Shakespeare's plays and Miss Isabel Pole in a green dress walking in a square.

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dwindling faith in the British Empire

growing appreciation of Shakespeare's plays

fading interest in English culture

growing interest in France