BUTLER SERVICE HISTORY The word "butler" comes from the Old French bouteleur (cup bearer)‚ from bouteille (bottle)‚ and ultimately from Latin. The role of the butler‚ for centuries‚ has been that of the chief steward of a household‚ the attendant entrusted with the care and serving of wine and other bottled beverages which in ancient times might have represented a considerable portion of the household’s assets. In Britain‚ the butler was originally a middle-ranking member of the staff of a grand
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Katherine Mansfield Her First Ball Revision booklet Remember that this story must be written about with Witi Ihimaera Mrs Matthews Year 11 Short text revision part 1. Her First Ball Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield Character Study Leila It is essential that we understand how the main character Leila in the story. Below are the types of questions that you will be asked on your short text study at Level 1. 1. Describe an important character or individual in EACH text
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ENGL 1302 2 February 13 This World Is A Stage In “Miss Brill” the author Katherine Mansfield creates the metaphor of the world being a stage and the character of Miss Brill being an actress. This illusion can determine her to be a round character because she is afraid of being the person that she isn’t. Miss Brill hides her real emotions by hiding behind a teacher role instead of being true to herself. The character Miss Brill arrives at a theme of isolationism and abandonment; by
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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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The theme of appearance and reality Arms and the Man are considered as one of the most important plays written by George Bernard Show. Through out of his play‚ show attacks and satirizes the hypocritical society in which the appearance of people differs from their reality. The petkoff family is an example of the hypocritical people in society. They pretend to be more civilized that what they really are. Petkoff always proud that he was a library which is full of books though he was never read any
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tell that the women are lonely. Miss Brill would go to the park every “Sunday” (Mansfield 232) and watch the people around her. She was disappointed that the people on the bench “did not speak” (Mansfield 232) to her. She also shows her sense of loneliness by showing an attachment to her “fur”(Mansfield 231) by talking to it and acting like it has feelings. She even feels it “move in her bosom.” (Mansfield 232). She describes the people around her at the park as “odd‚ silent‚ nearly
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April 2013 Imagination or Insanity In literature‚ there often seems to be a mysterious‚ hidden aspect. Often‚ a writer intentionally crafts his story to include a deeper meaning‚ but‚ sometimes‚ a writer ’s sub-conscious is at play. In Katherine Mansfield ’s "Miss Brill" (1920)‚ I would strongly argue that the motivations behind Miss Brill’s actions are caused by the mental illness‚ schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is “a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit
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regards to his treatment of people of Mexican descent (NEW ARTICLE CIATION). Mansfield mentions that to Trump‚ winning dishonorably is more important to him than winning honorably (CITATION). To a Machiavellian Prince this would prove to be accurate as well‚ as Machiavelli would not place much value on something honors‚ but rather more value would be placed on what a leader values (Machiavelli citation). Though‚ Mansfield mentions that Trump goes against one Machiavellian principle: insulting his
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each story. Mansfield‚ who created the character Leila‚ was a wealthy English woman. Her perspective on people‚ such as the girls who help Leila at the ball‚ is shown through Leila’s interactions with others. The dream world that Leila enters displays the social structure of Mansfield’s time in Britain. In 1937‚ the date “Her First Ball” was written‚ a distinct class system was still prevalent in many areas of the world. Although Leila is a country girl‚ she is still privileged (Mansfield 103). Much
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was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown!’” (Mansfield 4) Miss Brill imagines the fur coming to life when she gives it a “voice and emotions‚ when in reality‚ it is an inanimate object.” (Veleveteen 28). Mansfield uses this to reveal that she does not have any other friends or acquaintances in which to socialize with when she carries the fur with her all day‚ pretending it is her pet. Throughout the story‚ Mansfield allows the reader to connect to Miss Brill by using her lonely
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