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    with typhus. The disease permanently stunted her growth. Her diminutive height of 4’3" was caused by this disease. Thanks to the deformities caused by her illnesses‚ her parents concluded that she would never marry but would live her life as an old maid. Caroline remained in her parents’ home until‚ at the age of twenty-two‚ her brother‚ Freidrich Wilhelm (nicknamed Fritz and later known as William)‚ took her to live with him in Bath‚ England. Caroline became her brother’s

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    INTRODUCTION In a journal entry from July‚ 1910‚ E. M. Forster wrote‚ "However gross my desires‚ I find that I shall never satisfy them for the fear of annoying others. I am glad to come across this much good in me. It serves instead of purity." Although Forster wrote this passage some two years after he published A Room with a View‚ it could have been written at almost anytime during his long life. However much he understood the "holiness of direct desire‚" the emotional purity one achieves by

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    reductive imagery Katherine Mansfield uses in “Miss Brill” to show Mansfield’s manipulation of the imagery in order to present the character’s rejection of herself and her psychological confusion. Mandel elaborates on how many critics misunderstand the text by stating that critics either feel sympathy for Miss Brill or reject the story completely. “Miss Brill” in comparison to other stories uses a more prominent use of imagery and figurative language. The way in which Mansfield uses this imagery is the

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    The rays of sun were inescapable lights beams of fire that burned Sebastian’s eyes until they opened. He blinked the sleep away‚ turned over to look at his beautiful wife‚ and got up to make breakfast. The carpet was warm beneath his feet until he opened the creaking door and got to the cold‚ wooden floors. As he arrived in the kitchen‚ the butler looked up from his toast. ‘Good Morning‚ sir’ ‘Good morning‚ Arthur’ ‘Do you want me to make you a delicious Sunday morning breakfast

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    COLUMBINA Columbina is the perky maid of the ’Old Man’‚ Pantalone. She is better dressed than the male servants as she is also a lady’s maid. She usually wears a knee length dress and an apron. The colouring of her clothes can be different in different acts‚ depending on her relationships with the characters and the scenario. She can be in a similar scheme to Arlecchino (where she is sometimes known as Arlecchina with similar diamonds and triangles)‚ or if she is assigned to a rival family of Arlecchino’s

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    Emily” written by William Faulkner in 1930 is about the life of Emily Grierson and how she lives her life in seclusion. In this suspense-filled short story‚ there is heartbreak‚ death‚ and a touch of insanity. “Mrs. Brill” written by Katherine Mansfield in 1922‚ is about an English woman from a French town that spends her Sunday afternoons getting dressed up with her precious fox fur by going to the park to watch the band‚ and people on her weekly routine. Therefore Mrs. Brill and Emily Grierson

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    family’s’ lavish life of living. Mansfield portrays the correlation between different social classes and the contrasts of illusion versus reality. In detail‚ this can be exhibited through Laura Sheridan‚ when she opens herself up to the external world and discovers the death of her neighbor‚ Mr. Scott. Laura experiences many self-inflicting conflicts throughout the story with the correlation of different social classes and the ideal themes of illusion versus reality. Mansfield begins by setting off a turn

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    Katherine Mansfield is about a middle-aged English teacher who secretly listens to other people’s conversation due to her loneliness. Every weekend Miss Brill goes out to the parade in a park and listens to other people’s conversation because she has nobody to talk to but her fur coat. She treasures her fur coat as if it’s her pet and has conversations with it. Towards the end of the story‚ she realizes that nobody likes her‚ therefore she goes home into her dark room and cries. Katherine Mansfield‚ uses

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    must have been in the house judging that the doors were all locked and the axe belonged to Josiah. Whoever killed the Moore Family must have had a grudge on them and been mad enough to murder them. The Moore family was murdered by William Blackie Mansfield who was hired by Frank F. Jones because Josiah was thought to have an affair with Frank’s daughter and they once worked together until Josiah quit. The Villisca axe murders involved several people and a gruesome murder. The Moore family was made

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