ELIZABETH BELLE A BLACK GIRL AT KENWOOD An account of a protegée of the 1st Lord Mansfield by Gene Adams It is fascinating but little known that during the later eighteenth century Kenwood was the home‚ for perhaps the first 30 years of her life‚ of a young black girl called Dido Elizabeth Belle (or Lindsay)‚ born c 1763. She was a member of the family and household of William Murray‚ 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705—93) and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. According to family tradition
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Literary Analysis: Fredrick Douglass Ignorance Is Bliss: Fredrick Douglass’ Search for Freedom through Knowledge In the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ Written by Himself Douglass writes about his life as a slave and his effort to educate both white and black men‚ about the nature of slavery‚ and its inherent injustice. Throughout his text‚ Douglass places a very high value on knowledge and education. It becomes obvious to the reader that very early on in
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1 2 A CUP OF TEA BY KATHERINE MANSFIELD 3 4 5 Comment [LS1]: The title is linked to the central incident in the story and also acts as a linking device between Rosemary and Miss Smith. As Rosemary emerges from the antique shop in the cold‚ winter weather‚ she feels she ‘ought to go home and have an extraspecial cup of tea’. Immediately after that Miss Smith appears‚ begging desperately for something Rosemary has plenty of but which Miss Smith needs to sustain her existence. Miss
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Abstract This article discusses how emotions are depicted in two Katherine Mansfield’s short stories‚ ”Bliss” and ”Taking the Veil”. Emotions are mapped through linguistic markers such as adjectives and adverbs that imply a character’s emotional response to story events. The study focuses on narratorial discourse and distinguishes between verbalized speech and thought (free indirect discourse) and non-verbalised thought-processes (psycho-narration). The analysis is carried out by studying the deictic
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In " A married man’s story" and " Bliss" Katherine Mansfield is able to portray how appearance might be totally different from reality. " A married man’s story" shows us inside the husbands thoughts and memories and how in reality he is dispassionate about everything around him . While ‚ in "Bliss" we get a glimpse of how Bertha believes her life is "Bliss" instead of facing reality. We enter the mind of the husband in " a married man’s story" and we reveal that even though from the
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The two short stories I have studied are The Garden Party and The Doll’s House‚ both written by Katherine Mansfield. The main theme in both short stories conveys the idea of class conflict. This general theme has been broken down into similar focus points in each story. The Garden Party addresses the insensitivity of the rich thinking that the poor have no feelings whereas The Doll’s House refers to the society’s acceptance of cultural and economic boundaries. The various methods that have been used
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the modern short story form with her innovative literary style. In such influential stories as "The Garden Party‚" "Bliss‚" and "Prelude‚" Mansfield perfected her meticulous craft‚ examining the human condition in restrained and deceptively everyday prose. Her avowed intention was to intensify "the so-called small things so that everything is significant." In "The Garden Party‚" for example‚ the description of sunbeams playing on an inkwell is the kind of detailed observation that lends an almost
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The Loss of Childhood Innocence in Short Stories The short stories‚ “Her First Ball” by Katherine Mansfield and “The Infant Prodigy” by Thomas Mann‚ share different scenarios in which children have similar experiences. “Her First Ball” describes the unique experience of a young girl going to her first ball. “The Infant Prodigy” depicts a young boy whose amazing piano talents are exploited by his mother and the impresario. Each story explores the coming of age of children before they are necessarily
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Lisa Meadows English 112 Professor Downing Miss Brill Summary: The story "Miss Brill‚" written by Katherine Mansfield‚ is the story of a woman who lives her life through the observation of others. It is written in third person‚ from the subjective point of view of the title character. Throughout the story‚ the author works to convey to the readers a true sense of the woman’s unusual personality. The short story is very effectively written in third person‚ how Miss Brill sees herself. Living through
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Her First Ball – Katherine Mansfield Characters: Protagonist: Leila Her first ball is based primarily on Leila‚ who is the protagonist of the story. In this story‚ we do not particularly know her appearance‚ but can form an image of her through the description of her personality. Leila is youth and idealism personified. She is simple; she tries to act mature in the story because she feels indifferent amongst her cousins and it is uncomfortable for her. “She tried not to smile too much; she
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