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    Analysis of an extract from ‘The Singing Lesson’ by Katherine Mansfield “ With despair - cold‚ sharp despair - buried deep in her heart like a wicked knife‚ Miss Meadows‚ in cap and gown and carrying a little baton‚ trod the cold corridors that led to the music hall. Girls of all ages‚ rosy from the air‚ and bubbling over with that gleeful excitement that comes from running to school on a fine autumn morning‚ hurried‚ skipped‚ fluttered by; from the hollow class-rooms came a quick drumming of

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    "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield is a subtle short story about two daughters of the late colonel who are left with the task of preparing his funeral and getting on with their lives after the tragic event of their father’s death. For these two women living without their father might be harder than expected because they had come to rely on him for their every need. This story is unlike any other that has been discussed thus far. Unlike characters‚ like Jane Eyre‚ who possess

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    Analysis of “A Cup of Tea”by Katherine Mansfield K.Vasiliev "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is included in the 1923 collection of her work‚ The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories edited by Mansfield’s husband‚ John Middleton Murry.    There is a very moving introduction to this collection in which Murry lets us know details about the next ten stories his wife was going to write.   There is a temptation in reading Mansfield to see her work as artistically

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    Man’s Inhumanity to Man as reflected in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield -------- An Analysis of the Concepts of Modernity as reflected in the short story “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield -------- In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Modern Literature (Lit 162) -------- By Tan‚ Vincent Paul G. B. S. Business Administration “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield I. Introduction: Katherine Mansfield A. Life B. Works C. Influences II. “The

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    Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Discuss the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories you have studied In this essay‚ I am going to discuss about the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories of Katherine Mansfield that I have studied. The two stories are "The Garden Party" and "An Indiscreet Journey". In "The Garden Party"‚ we have the Sheridan’s Family who live in the upper class side of an English Country. They are very high-class

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    Her First Ball – summary Leila was on the way to her first ball. In the taxi she imagined that she sat with an unknown young man. The Sheridan girls thought it was strange that she had never been to a ball. Leila tried to stay calm‚ but she was very excited about this new experience. They arrived at the drill hall‚ where the ball was. There were lights and happy couples everywhere in the streets. Inside‚ the girls went into the Ladies’ room. It was crowded with girls getting ready for the

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    Composition "the garden party" 16-09-’02 Klas A Third version The function of the hat in "the garden party" Almost everybody in the story wears a hat; it tells something about the person who wears it. It is used as a statussymbol; the classes are expressed by their hats. That is why it has an important place in the story. Laura’s feeling towards class distinctions is related to the hat. The hat gives her a status; when she walks towards the dead man’s house‚ she thinks everyone is looking at

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    Two of Katherine Mansfield’s most famous stories are "Prelude" and "At the Bay"‚ both of them portraying a New Zealand family. Both stories‚ are revolving around the female characters‚ but the one link that connects all of them is Stanley Burnell‚ member and provider of the family. The New Zealand critic Carl Stead affirms that Stanley Burnell is a ’benevolent despot’ meaning that he is a kind person‚ and a tyrant in the same time. I agree with Stead affirmation‚ but as it seems somewhat incomplete

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    The Baron and His Baroness Before he left for a visit to his outlying districts‚ the jealous Baron warned his pretty wife‚ “Don’t leave the castle while I am gone‚ or I will punish you severely when I return!” But as the hours passed‚ the young Baroness grew lonely‚ and despite her husband’s warning decided to visit her lover who lived in the countryside nearby. The castle was located on an island in a wide‚ fast-flowing river‚ with a drawbridge linking the island to land at the narrowest point

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    Arabella Mansfield-First female Lawyer Nicole Goodby Composition I-202 Instructor Swanhorst Everest University Composition I-202 “The theory of this government from the beginning has been perfect equality to all the people” (as stated in the in the Arguments of the Women Suffrage Delegates to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 24th‚ 1985). These words are spoken by one of the most awe-inspiring women of all times Arabella Mansfield. A story

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