The correct answer is 2. "Fear no more the heat of the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages." because this particular line is a central motif in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway.
Explanation:
This line is taken from William Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline, specifically from a funeral song in Act IV, Scene 2. The song expresses themes of death and release from earthly suffering, which resonates deeply with the themes explored in Mrs. Dalloway.
In the novel, Woolf uses this line multiple times to reflect on the themes of mortality, the passage of time, and the fragility of human life. It connects the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters, especially Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, as they grapple with their own views on life and death.
The repetition of this line helps to underscore the novel's existential and introspective atmosphere.
The other options, while famous lines by Shakespeare, do not appear in Mrs. Dalloway or align with its thematic core.
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