Miss Brill External Conflict

Literary Terms are structures writers use in their works to convey their message in a way the readers can understand. Conflict is a literary term that occurs in all stories after the problem. Conflict is a struggle between two opposing forces (“conflict”). “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield is a very good short story that helps the readers understand the conflicts beyond our emotions. In “Miss Brill”, the main character struggles with herself, society, and the supernatural.
Miss Brill struggles with herself throughout the short story. The story states, “But to-day she passed the baker's by, climbed the stairs, went into the little dark room her room like a cupboard—and set down on the red eiderdown (Mansfield)”. Miss Brill is experiencing loneliness and lack of self-worth. Miss Brill is a much older lady who does not have the same spark as she did when she was younger and now she does not know how to deal with. Miss Brill is experiencing many different because of the way she feels about herself. Miss Brill also does not realize that she is old herself. In the story, she talked about an old couple that she wishes would go away but when it came to someone criticizing her …show more content…
In Miss Brill, the main character has been disrespected by a young couple because she is much older than they are. “"But why? Because of that stupid old thing at the end there?" asked the boy. "Why does she come here at all—who wants her? Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home?" (Mansfield)” Society is nor use to seeing people who are unlike them. Miss Brill comes to the assumption that she will more accepted by her coat but it turns out not to be (Mansfield). In the story it states, “Oh, how fascinating it was! How she enjoyed it! How she loved sitting here, watching it all! It was like a play. It was exactly like a play.” Miss Brill was the only one who payed attention to the bands on Sunday unlike the other characters which made her an