A further example is when Mansfield uses irony to elicit an emotion from her message of loneliness. ‘Miss Brill smoothed the newspaper as though it were manuscript of her part and said gently; ‘ yes, I have been an actress for a long time’. This technique persuades us to recognise and acknowledge her intense emotions through her fantasy world. Her ardent emotion of loneliness leads to her, eluding the reality. Visualising herself as an actress, divulges the emotion of loneliness, because an actress obtains a world filled with people’s attention and being idolised. Miss Brill fancies that world. This eloquent emotion of loneliness vivid companionship. Evidently, this emotion is universal to embrace the appreciation of being loved. However, the
