Waves (Mrs. Dalloway)

". . . like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; chill and sharp. . ." (3)

Throughout Mrs. Dalloway, waves are used as representation for different concerns and issues. Virginia Woolf makes a connection between death and waves; Perhaps she makes that connection because waves bring up "old and lost" memories from the sea. Or because once each wave crashes up to shore, it is in a sense saying goodbye, for there will not be another one exactly like it. However, waves can also be seen as a new beginning, bringing those old washed up items back to life. Always full of energy, yet sometimes hiding what is deep inside.