Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Wolfe and Love Medicine by Louise Erdrick. The characters in both stories are similar in that the women are independent and are tied to men that they are not married to. Clarissa and Lulu have very similar personalities.

CLARISSA AND LULU

Love Medicine and Mrs. Dalloway are completely different stories, but their women are alike in many ways. Both Clarissa and Lulu are tied to men that they are not married to. They want to be recognized for who they are. Both women are independent and rule their men. Clarissa and Lulu are strong characters; yet, they are weak at times. Both stories are about women who love and survive in a difficult world. The characters found in both stories could be described as similar.

Both stories seem to revolve around one central character. "At the same time, the points-of-view are unified around the subject of...
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