Katherine Mansfield

This is a quotation taken from Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘’The Voyage’’. The story is about a young girl called Fenella, after the death of her mother she went with her grandmother to move in her Grandparent’s house in Picton, which is inspired from Mansfield’s personal life when she had to move out from her home in Wellington, New Zealand to London, England. Mansfield uses imageries, metaphors, and the setting to convey the two main ideas of darkness and light and the transformation of…

go of someone who is no longer here. They tend to reminisce since they are not physically there with them and think of situations that could have made things different to make sure they were still there with them. In the story "The Fly" by Katherine Mansfield, the author shows how one person can not let memories go over their lost son. When someone looses someone close, they can loose motivation in their daily activities leading to depression. For example, not wanting to eat or interact with…

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield (1922) “Everything in the life that we really accept undergoes a change”, written by Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923), the author of The Fly and many other short stories. Her real name was Kathleen Mansfield Murry and was from New Zealand. The story The Fly is narrated in the third person. The Fly is about a man (The Boss) who is describe not by name, but by function who is a businessman and likes to show off to his five years younger friend…

Kindness Makes a Change “The Doll’s House”, a short story written in 1922, by Katherine Mansfield depicts the cruelty of class distinctions. The Burnell children are gifted a dollhouse from Mrs. Hay who had recently stayed with them. The house is described by Mansfield as “...a dark, oily, spinach green, picked out with bright yellow.” The outside doesn’t seem to be anything special at all, however the children adore it and want to boast to everyone at school. Through the mannerisms of…

a life and with the other it has transpierced all who loved the departed soul, eventually knocking upon their own door. In 1915 Katherine Mansfield lived this tragedy when her beloved younger brother passed away, and she was soon after diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, ultimately leading to her death in 1923. In her story "The Garden Party" Katherine Mansfield enthralls her readers as she immerses them into her journey of facing death through the eyes of the lovely young girl; Laura,…

lonely farm house in "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett and towards the bungalow of the Burnell family in "At the Bay" by Katherine Mansfield. A path that leads the reader through the homes, the geographies, the characters, and their development in the stories. This essay will only refer to chapters III, V, VI, XI in Mansfield's "At the Bay". Jewett as well as Mansfield contrast in their stories the description of the nature with the feelings of the characters and therefore create a certain…

be grateful for what they have. Asking for more than one can handle can lead to catastrophic events. Criticizing others for what they do can also lead to damage. Mathilde Loisel from Guy de Maupassant’s short story is similar to Miss Brill from Katherine Mansfield’s story because both value materialistic objects, both detach themselves from reality, and end up teaching a valuable lesson in the closing of the story. To begin with, Mrs. Loisel and Miss Brill both…

Life Carries On In the short story “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield, a wealthy empowered man is faced with the grief of his son six years after his passing. The boss is conveyed to be a demanding, strong business man but, when faced with the remembrance of his son, he instantly changes his tone, pursuing two sides to the boss. Mansfield’s “The Fly” illustrates the hardship of death by the innocent killing of a fly, which than demonstrates a sense of relief to carry on in life. The passing of…

in one sitting , and must therefore capture the reader throughout. Mansfield uses this form because it allows the reader to draw their own conclusions based on the world shown to them, not the world they exist in. Joyce does the same in his form, though his stories are on average longer than Mansfield’s, leading to the lack of concise & informative style Mansfield writes in. Despite writing in the same time period Joyce and Mansfield write about very different topics, from different…

understanding of the character’s personality. In short stories such as “Miss Brill,” “Everyday Use,” and “Chrysanthemums” the writers chose to use clothing to help develop their character’s personality. Miss Brill is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield. It is about an old woman who visits the park every Sunday to live in the fantasy she has created for herself. Before venturing out to the park, Miss Brill takes her fur from its box, brushes it and treats it with care while referring to…