Katherine Mansfield

Dreaming about Reality: A Journey into the mind of victims of WWI and The Influenza Pandemic ‘Pale Horse, Pale Rider’ is a fictional retelling of Katherine Anne Porter’s own experience as an influenza survivor during World War I. Porter expresses the devastating effects the illness had on her life by chronicling a month in the life of Miranda, a reporter, as she enjoys a romance with Adam, a young Army officer, until she becomes a victim of influenza. Adam nurses her, and before she fully…

“perfect day.” (Mansfield 1) The sky is described as “without a cloud” (Mansfield 1) futher representing the light mood which seems to take away all your worries. In contrats, the second half of the story is set in the poorer area of the familie’s neighborhood. In this setting there is dark almost depressing mood. The street becomes increasingly “smoky and dark” (Mansfield 14) as Laura get’s closer to the dead man’s house. Furthermore the houses are described as “mean little cottages” (Mansfield…

Katherine Mansfield does a phenomenal job portraying the main protagonist, Miss Brill as a judgmental, nosy, and fairly wealthy woman. Mansfield uses literary devices like imagery to show the reader what the fur she's wearing to convey her wealth without directly stating that she's wealthy. Mansfield uses third person limited omniscient to let the reader see what Miss Brill is thinking and in the process, showing us how judgmental and…

social barrier between them. Katherine Mansfield’s “The Doll’s House” portrays a vivid symbolic approach to the lamp…

Seeking happiness within a materialistic world is like trying to understand a conversation just through eavesdropping. In Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill,” her use of situational irony explores the effect of words on human vulnerability. She also uses situational irony in “The Dolls House” to convey innocence within the youth in spite of a modern world full of social prejudice. Miss brill is to frail to show emotion but uses her fur as a direct representation of herself to express how she…

In the texts, The Garden Party and The Dolls House, by Katherine Mansfield, symbolism is used often used symbolism in her short stories to skillfully illustrate the key theme of class prejudice. For instance, symbolism The Garden Party demonstrated class prejudice through contrasting symbols of the contrast of light and darkness when describing each setting. The Sheridan’s, who are very wealthy and highest in the class system often are described using positive connotations. In comparison the…

life of an old lady who is alone in her life and is teaching English to the students. The story has been beautifully written by Katherine Mansfield, who beautifully compares and contrasts the self-personality of an old lady. The story beautifully describes the perception of the old lady and the actual truth which she faces in the later part of the story. Katherine Mansfield uses setting, imagery, and symbolism to develop a narrative structure in the short story "Miss Brill." Miss Brill 's life…

In the short story “Miss Brill” the author, Katherine Mansfield, conveys that the main character is not in touch with reality, this is evident because her tone is very positive throughout the duration of the story but later when she finds out her life isn’t what she thought she became very despondent. This shows that the theme of this story is that to things aren’t always as they may seem. Another literary device the author uses is imagery. This helps develop the theme because where and when…

Katherine Mansfield short story, “Miss Brill,” deals with a woman who is living in an epiphany in order to hide behind her loneliness. Katherine Mansfield is recognized as one of the most proficient writers of the modern short story in English. The language portrayed in her writings is perpetually precise and clear. She acquires the audience’s attention by composing symbolism and characterism throughout the short story. Miss Brill represents an old woman’s pursuit to deny her loneliness, by…

horrifying everyone, especially his wife. She ends up dying of a heart attack after seeing her husband. Chopin’s lesson she is trying to get across is: Don’t let anyone walk all over you or control and abuse you—it could wind up hurting you permanently. Katherine Mansfield’s “A Cup of Tea” does not have such a vulgar and depressed mood like Chopin’s story. Both stories portray pain, but in different ways. In “The Story of an Hour,: Kate Chopin writes about pain being a physical burden to her…