Othello

" 'if it were now to die 'twere now to be most happy.' that was her feeling-Othello's feeling." (35)

These lines are from William Shakespeare's Othello. Clarissa is at the peak of her life when she is young and in love with Sally. Clarissa relates herself to Othello and Sally to Othello's wife, Desdemona. In the play Othello kills his wife out of false jealousy and later kills himself due to regret. Sally does not let her love for Sally develop and does not marry Pater either. Clarissa married Richard because he is safe and conservative. She wonders if she ended her life like Othello, by not choosing the liberal path.