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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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    The extract under consideration is a piece of a third person narration. However‚ it is not just a matter-of-fact account of events. You can find not a few pieces of description throughout the story. Thereby the finely wrought delineation of the characters and scenery is gained. Also there are quite a lot of dialogues in the story which are important in revealing a person’s inner state and overall atmosphere. On the whole‚ the prevailing tone of the extract appears to be rather romantic and elevated

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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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    My contemporary song choice that I have chosen is “Apple tree” by Erykah Badu. The song illustrates on friendship. This song is about an awakening to self-discovery‚ Being true to yourself and having true friendships; however those who are not Erykah states “You don’t want to pick from my apple tree. I picks my friends like I pick my fruit. I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not; I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got. I work at pleasin’ me cause I can’t please you and that’s why

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    Arabella Mansfield

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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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    On Saturday‚ October 14 of 1066. The English and Normans fought a historical battle in Anglo-Saxon England‚ on a site said to have been known as the "Grey Apple Tree" or nowadays known simply as "Battle". The English used axes as their weapons and crossed together shields to protect themselves‚ creating a shield wall‚ which had become a traditional way of fighting. The Normans lined up in three rows. First the archers‚ then the infantry‚ and next the mounted knights. William I‚ also known as William

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    Mansfield Reformatory The Mansfield Reformatory was built in the year 1886 and was originally built with intentions of humanely rehabilitating first-time offenders. The reformatory was initially applauded for creating a positive step forward for prison reform. It was later in 1978 that the reformatory’s legacy was one of abuse‚ torture‚ and murder. It had been denounced for “brutalizing and inhuman conditions”. Violence among inmates was an everyday way of life. Tales have been told of inmates

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    Katherine Mansfield close reading how to analyse prose fiction Close reading is the most important skill you need for any form of literary studies. It means paying especially close attention to what is printed on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers.

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