Have you been to a social

gathering? How did you manage

yourself as one of the social
partygoers?
THE NEW
DRESS
 a. Identify the elements of the
story;

b. note the important details of

the story,
OBJECTIVES

c. relate the story into real life

situation
  1. It was the heat wave presumably, operating
upon a brain made sensitive by eons of evolution.
 2.She would have been, in the first place, dark like
Lady Bexborough, with a skin
of crumpled leather and beautiful eyes..

UNLOCKING OF  3. Cold, heartless, a prude, he called her.

DIFFICULTIES  4. They would come; they would stand; they would
talk in the mincing tones which she could imitate,
ladies and gentlemen.
 5. But he had never got on well with old Parry,
that querulous, weak-kneed old man, Clarissa's
father, Justin Parry.
  Write three or more words from the story that convey
insecurity
 Why did Mabel suspect that something was wrong as
she took her cloak off?

 What scenes came to her mind as she sat on the sofa?

GUIDE
 Why did Mabel lie to Mrs. Dalloway about having
QUESTIONS enjoyed herself enormously? If you were Mabel, how
would you feel about the situation?
 What does Mrs. Dalloway remember of Peter Walsh?