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    Rosie Gorrie Essay- writers consistently use short stories as a lens through which they scrutinise society. Katherine Mansfield uses short stories as lens‚ to show how during the 1920’s; in a society purely focused on keeping the old traditions alive and leaving new ways of thinking and change in the dark. Mansfield uses her short stories to uncover the harsh reality of gender biased marriages in which power and control were held by the male and how status and reputation allowed people to act a

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    are some minor differences between Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” but the similarities between the two stories are evident and thus‚ they can be compared. One similarity is the presence of patriarchy. Another is the responsibilities of the “home” and/or “home life” being the sole responsibilities of the woman in the stories. One of the similarities between the “Garden Party” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the existence of patriarchy in

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    Mansfield Reformatory The Mansfield Reformatory was built in the year 1886 and was originally built with intentions of humanely rehabilitating first-time offenders. The reformatory was initially applauded for creating a positive step forward for prison reform. It was later in 1978 that the reformatory’s legacy was one of abuse‚ torture‚ and murder. It had been denounced for “brutalizing and inhuman conditions”. Violence among inmates was an everyday way of life. Tales have been told of inmates

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    close to you? Katherine Mansfield‚ an author from the 1920s‚ lost her brother‚ Leslie‚ in World War l. Instead of going to see a therapist to help her overcome her grief of losing her brother she wrote a story about it. In the short story Mansfield wrote‚ the boss represents the author because of the struggle the boss goes through with the loss of his son similarly to the struggle she had with the loss of her brother. In the short story‚ “The Fly”‚ by Katherine Mansfield although the boss falls into

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    Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine Manssfield Name: The Lady’s Maid" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam.” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same family for many years. This story expresses regret that this lady had wasted her life on her lady instead of having a real life. The writer Katherine has achieved this through various narrative conventions

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    In the short story ‘The Doll’s House’ by Katherine Mansfield‚ a main idea that was dealt with was the discrimination of the higher class citizens towards the less fortunate people in the society. This issue was mainly shown through two contrasting families: the Burnells and the Kelveys. By using Freudian analysis‚ we can closely examine the characters regarding this issue in the text. Sigmund Freud states that the human mind is made up of three parts: the id which represents our unconscious

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    Katherine Mansfield close reading how to analyse prose fiction Close reading is the most important skill you need for any form of literary studies. It means paying especially close attention to what is printed on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers.

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    Write an essay on Woolf’s narrative art in ‘Kew Gardens.’ For years‚ Virginia Woolf is remembered for her contribution in short stories. She is one of the famous feminist and prolific writers who write in such a way that gives the impression of instantaneous linking between the inner and outer world‚ the past and the present and speech and silence. Kew Gardens is one of her major work. Since‚ a garden is a common place for common people to meet; Woolf has chosen this particular place to paint the

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    symbolism in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield. The boss’s perception of the actions of the fly creates an interesting view of the comparison of his father-son‚ father-fly relationship. Katherine Mansfield‚ a famous realist‚ who uses concrete images‚ appeals to many readers because she incorporates her life into the stories she writes. Much attention is paid to the central character‚ the boss and his life (Schoenberg). It is interesting how Katherine Mansfield shows us how the boss makes a connection

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    meaning. These key points are how the doll’s house is described‚ why none of the children or parents are kind to the Kelvey’s‚ and how Kezia is passionate about the lamp in the doll house. In the story‚ The Doll’s House‚ Katherine Mansfield described the doll house very thoroughly. “There stood the doll’s house‚ a dark‚ oily‚ spinach green‚ picked out with bright yellow. Its two solid little chimneys‚ glued on to the roof‚ were painted red and white‚ and the door‚ gleaming with yellow

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