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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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    Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield‚ who lived from 1888 to 1923‚ is considered to be one of the most remarkable short story writers of her time. Using her life experiences as an inspiration for her short stories‚ Mansfield sculpted her ideas into masterful pieces of literary work. Mansfield ’s life was full of interesting experiences that shaped her outlook upon life. The diversity of friends and acquaintances Katherine Mansfield had over her lifetime also had a great influence on her career

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    Rosie Gorrie Essay- writers consistently use short stories as a lens through which they scrutinise society. Katherine Mansfield uses short stories as lens‚ to show how during the 1920’s; in a society purely focused on keeping the old traditions alive and leaving new ways of thinking and change in the dark. Mansfield uses her short stories to uncover the harsh reality of gender biased marriages in which power and control were held by the male and how status and reputation allowed people to act a

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    lacunae‚ and tensions of modern life. She was born in 1888 in Wellington‚ a town labeled “the empire city” by its white inhabitants‚ who modeled themselves on British life and relished their city’s bourgeois respectability.[1] At an early age‚ Mansfield witnessed the disjuncture between the colonial and the native‚ or Maori‚ ways of life‚ prompting her to criticize the treatment of the Maoris in several diary entries and short stories.[2] Mansfield’s biographer‚ Angela Smith‚ writes: “It was her

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    of symbolism in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield. The boss’s perception of the actions of the fly creates an interesting view of the comparison of his father-son‚ father-fly relationship. Katherine Mansfield‚ a famous realist‚ who uses concrete images‚ appeals to many readers because she incorporates her life into the stories she writes. Much attention is paid to the central character‚ the boss and his life (Schoenberg). It is interesting how Katherine Mansfield shows us how the boss makes

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    _THE FLY_ The story "Fly" by Katherine Mansfield throws light on the fact that time is a great healer and it conquers grief. The story begins when Mr. Woodifield comes to see his ex-boss. He is retired and is a heart patient. He praises the new setting and furniture of the office. Then the boss offers him whisky. After drinking it‚ Mr. Woodifield remembers what he has forgotten. He tells the boss that his daughters have visited the graves of the boss ’s as well as Mr. Woodsfield ’s son. Actually

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    "Well‚ M’m‚ she oughtn’t to be changed hands while she’s eating.-said Nanny" (Mansfield 201). The character is so incredibly happy without knowing why‚ not asking questions about the nanny’s possessive nature with her child‚ or why her life seems so simple. It is in the way she looks at the fruit on the table‚ matching the carpet so well that her heart is filled with absurd joy. "I’m too happy - too happy!" (Mansfield 203). It is almost sad the way the woman never questioned her fate‚ just accepted

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    I had a amazing chance to help out at local help centers in Mansfield. I was surprise how actually beneficial it was to our people n our community. I honestly thought it was just hand out to people who is sort of struggling. I know there is some few greedy people who would take everything that they can get and still have money in their pocket and I also know there is few individual who really need it. I must admitted I really didn’t want to go to those four laces. The first one that I went to I force

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    is the very essence of the sadistic drive. In her short‚ compelling story "The Fly‚" Mansfield details how a commonplace incident of fly killing defines the sadistic‚ arrogant‚ and shallow nature of a powerful businessman. The nameless boss’s cruel disrespect for this simple but valid life form parallels his disrespect for the greater community of man. To further highlight his character deficits‚ Mansfield contrasts the egocentric‚ ambitious boss to others who have formed close interpersonal

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    “Bliss” “Miss Brill” Katherine Mansfield‚ born in the country of New Zealand was said to be ‘the best short story writer of her time’.(1) The types of short stories that Katherine Mansfield wrote were mostly a ‘slice of life’‚ where she used real life experiences to express her themes and ideas. If you were to read one of her stories once through‚ in a way that you would read a whole book‚ you would surely miss out on the way Katherine Mansfield conveys meaning in her stories. Throughout

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