Bliss

The irony is the story is that Bertha has all along believed she has a perfect, blissful life, only to find she has been living in a fool's paradise. This occurs when she realizes her husband,...

In "The Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard grieves significantly and immediately upon hearing of her husband's supposed death. It is a gut, emotional reaction. After reflecting upon the impact his...

In Katherine Mansfield’s story “Bliss,” Bertha is presented as a self-absorbed upper-middle-class woman. This young wife and mother spends considerable time thinking about her own emotional state....

To answer this question you need to think of how the story operates and in particular the themes that it presents. One of the more subtle themes of this excellent tale is that of change and...

The setting of "Bliss" is Bertha and Harry Young's beautiful townhouse. Bertha has come home that afternoon in anticipation of the dinner party she and Harry are throwing in the evening. During the...

Katherine Mansfield is known for her short stories, and "Bliss," written in 1918, is an excellent example of her style and themes. There is not one clear main theme; rather, it hints at some,...

In Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp's "Bliss," the women's roles can be viewed as a very critical portrayalof women in general. This characterization is directly linked to Ms. Mansfield's personal...

There is no direct mention of God in the story, nor do any of the characters explicitly pray to ask anything of God. The main character, Bertha, does, however, have something like a religious...

I would say, though, that the attraction is sexual, but not necessarily only sexual. I'd go with your second suggestion: that it is partially sexual. The evidence for a sexual component you've...

Bertha has been living most of her life in a dream world, where, to her mind, everything in her life is lovely and perfect. On the evening this story takes place, she is having a dinner party, and...

In Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss," Bertha Young is portrayed as a contented, happy homemaker. She is secure in her life with her husband, her child, a lovely home, and preparing for a perfect...

The main female character who is represented in this story is Bertha Young. Katherine Mansfield, using the third-person limited point of view, tells the story from her perspective, and thus we are...

Mansfield leaves some things ambiguous, so the story can be interpreted in different ways. But here is one analysis of the symbols. Bertha decorates the table and the fruit on the tray to look as...

In Katherine Mansfield's impressionistic story, "Bliss," the third-person limited point of view creates a certain ambiguity leaving the readers' own imaginations to piece together the implications...

Allegory is a way of reading a piece of literature. Some allegory makes it strikingly clear that it is allegory by giving characters titles instead of names, such as "Red Cross Knight" and...

The narratives of both "Bliss" and Mrs. Dalloway cover a day in the life of the heroine and both center on the day's major event, that being a dinner party hosted by the heroine. In "Bliss," Bertha...