Although in class we have discussed a great deal about Mrs. Dalloway's regrets in life, we haven't talked that much about Peter Walsh's regrets in life.
As mention in an earlier debate, one brought up the idea that "regret" is a termed used in place of "sadness," because it is society's beliefs that sadness means something more than just a feeling or characteristic: one who is sad has mental concerns beyond the stigma of what sadness should be. Woolf tries to delicately weave decades of history into hours by using stream of conscience to exemplify the feelings behind the actions of her characters. In one case, Woolf has Peter dream to take the reader into a deeper part of his mind.
During this dream, Peters imagines himself as a solitary soldier walking through different scenarios. He depicts women as sirens and different figures, indicating his loneliness and desperation for women. After her dramatically awakes, he recalls the exact moment of Clarissa's rejection of his proposal. This leads one to believe how Peters regrets and sadness in life largely derives from the pain her felt after his proposal to Clarissa.
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