An essay in response to
"It is only when one has conceived of the future with the aid of the past, that one can revert with advantage to the present so as to seize its true nature." -Auguste Comte
IN REFERENCE TO "THE HOURS" (Stephen Daldry film) and "MRS DALLOWAY" (Virginia Woolf novel)
Consider what the text from the past allows us to reflect on n the text from its future so that we, in our present can fully understand and measure its message's literary, social and contextual value.