Tick. Tock.

With the whole idea of multiplicity, the movie The Hours, time itself is what makes the movie unique. By shifting between three different time periods, the audience simply gets snippets of daily life that seems completely unrelated (of course only to those who haven't read Mrs. Dalloway). However, through the contrasts of these three depictions, the same conclusion arrises. No matter how hard we try, we "still have to face the hours." Although Richard Brown tries to write about everything that happens in a moment, he can only get as minute as one single day. Also, Richard even tells Clarissa he "seems to have fallen out of time." foreshadowing his inevitable death. Virginia Woolf also lives a tragic life. As we find out in the movie, she moves to Richmond for her own safety, so her husband can keep careful watch of her. However, time must continue. Woolf's unrelenting desire for freedom causes her to fight with her husband, exclaiming, "You cannot find peace avoiding life." No matter how hard we try, no one can stop time. As tragic as it is, death is unavoidable. However, as Virginia states, "Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. It's contrast."