Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) The Ideal Family: Interpretation The story under study was written by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)‚ a British novelist and short-story writer‚ closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf. Mansfield’s creative years were burdened with loneliness‚ illness‚ jealousy‚ alienation – all this reflected in her work with the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters‚ as well as subtle changes
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By Katherine Mansfield Synopsis The modern soul is more about characters than action. The story begins with the stereotype of the pompous German music professor explaining to the young English narrator why he incessantly eats cherries: “There is nothing like cherries for producing free saliva after trombone playing‚ especially after Grieg’s ‘Ich Liebe Dich’” He’s cherry eating is connected with a consuming desire for women. The two older Germans‚ the Professor and the German actress’ mother‚ talk
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A Cup of Tea By Katherine Mansfield Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No‚ you couldn ’t have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well‚ if you took her to pieces... But why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young‚ brilliant‚ extremely modem‚ exquisitely well dressed‚ amazingly well read in the newest of the new books‚ and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and... artists - quaint creatures‚ discoveries of hers‚ some of them too terrifying for
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Taking the Veil (by Katherine Mansfield) It seemed impossible that anyone should be unhappy on such a beautiful morning. Nobody was‚ decided Edna‚ except herself. The windows were flung wide in the houses. From within there came the sound of pianos‚ little hands chased after each other and ran away fluttered in the sunny gardens‚ all bright with spring flowers. Street boys whistled‚ a little dog barked; people passed by‚ walking so lightly‚ so swiftly‚ they looked as though they wanted to break
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In the novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Janie identifies with a pear tree and makes it her life quest to imitate the marvel that is the circle of life. Janie’s life mimics the life cycle of the pear tree‚ in that the tree blossoms‚ dies‚ and revives with every season. At the beginning of her life‚ Janie is can be seen as not having roots‚ as she does not have a mother or father to take care of her‚ rather her grandmother‚ Nanny‚ cares for her. Nanny even says to Janie‚ "Us colored folks is
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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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Prose Appreciation – “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield is a short story which focuses on the trials and tribulations faced by those who lost relatives in World War One. Many who lost family and friends in the war struggled for years with grief‚ while others accepted the shortcomings and managed to overcome it. Everyone faced their own challenges‚ and everyone overcame them different ways‚ or in some cases not at all. Katherine Mansfield is one of many people who lost
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Passage Analysis: Bliss‚ The Fly and The Daughters of the Late Colonel Katherine Mansfield’s “The Collected Stories” purvey characters who are frustrated and disillusioned by the constraints and demands of society and the way it stops them from expressing emotion and control. This could be the desire to burst out with happiness‚ such as in “Bliss”‚ or sadness and distress at the lack of control over one’s future and life‚ such as in “The Fly” and‚ similarly in the “Daughters of the Late Colonel”
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Analysis of Pear Tree and Mule Metaphor In prose‚ one would rarely find a piece work in which the author uses language and poetic devices to convey a message. In prose‚ it is usually the story itself that conveys mood and a message. However‚ occasionally an author would strategically place language and poetic devices in a work making it a glorious and enticing piece to read. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel that does such action‚ mixing both language and poetic devices
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Katherine Mansfield and Gurdjieff’s Sacred Dance James Moore First published in Katherine Mansfield: In From the Margin edited by Roger Robinson Louisiana State University Press‚ 1994 The facts are singular enough: Katherine Mansfield‚ a young woman who could scarcely walk or breathe‚ absorbed in sacred dances that lie on the very cusp of human possibility. Some ideal of inner conciliation—neighbourly to the dancers’ purpose there— seems to have visited Katherine almost precociously.
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