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Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield, born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, left her native New Zealand for London when she was nineteen and lived in Europe for most of her life until she died in 1923, at 34, from...
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Katherine MansfieldAside from imagery and symbolism, what modernist literary techniques are at play in "The Woman at...It's important to understand that Modernist literature was a reaction to Victorian literature, where there were strict rules of conduct and social expectations, a sense of order, and usually a...
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Katherine Mansfield"A Married Man's Story" by Katherine Mansfield is an unfinished story whose confessional narrative is a series of revelations that also are unfinished; nevertheless, they build upon one another to...
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Katherine MansfieldA major theme in Mansfield’s work is that of the young (usually female) protagonist learning about the world, becoming aware of the complexities and the darker side of life and human nature. This...
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Katherine MansfieldThe direct method of characterization is used by the narrator to describe a character with explicit detail. This means that the character's physical characteristics will be clearly explained...
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Her First BallFor Leila, her entrance into the ball are significant because they represent a girl's first foray into the conditioned world of what it means to be a woman. Leila is possessed by a sense of...
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Her First BallMany of Katherine Mansfield's narratives are characterized by what has been described as "pictorial intensity," evoking various states of happiness, longing, or despair. "Her First Ball" certainly...
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Katherine Mansfield"Her First Ball" by Katherine MansfieldCan you give me a summary/ analysis of "Her First Ball" by...This is a beautiful story! I short, it is about a young woman who has never been to a ball before. She goes with her cousin. She is at first enchanted by all the beautiful people. The men come...
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Katherine MansfieldThe loss of Mansfield's brother in World War I was a seismic event in Mansfield's life, that definitely shook her up and made her struggle with her grief for many years after. Also, in response to...
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Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield was a very experienced woman in terms of social relationships, and strove to have power within them. Her early life was materially secure but emotionally turbulent as her father...
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Katherine MansfieldThe issues focused on in the short fiction of Katherine Mansfield seem to try to explore and depict the various challenges facing women in her context. In particular, the position of women in a...
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Katherine MansfieldIf it is over 150 words no worries but prefer it to be shortish. Thanks
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Katherine MansfieldIf we look at a range of Mansfield's excellent short stories we can see that two families are used again and again in her fiction. In "The Garden Party" for example, the Sheridan family, with their...
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Katherine MansfieldWrite a 5 paragraph essay plan for an essay question that asks to Discuss theme of age difference...bla bla bla zig zag zog
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Katherine MansfieldInterestingly, both of these stories feature female protagonists who are variously trapped in positions of poverty, dependence and oppression of various types. Note how in "The Little Governess"...
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Katherine MansfieldLoneliness is of course an excellent theme of this great short story. However, it appears that the loneliness of Mr. Neave is mostly to do with his age. He is isolated by his tiredness, and the way...
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Katherine MansfieldThis, like so many of Katherine Mansfield's short stories, is based around class-consciousness and the completely different worlds that people of different classes live in. The central conflict is...
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Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield excels at revealing the inner thoughts of her protagonists, and their limitations and struggles. This story is no exception. In "An Ideal Family," we are shown the thoughts of...
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Katherine MansfieldI must admit that one of the qualities I really appreciate about the short fiction of Katherine Mansfield is the way that her stories often linger on in our minds and can haunt us. Out of the many...
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Katherine MansfieldOne theme may be that social class is real. The plot involves a man and a women who used to be lovers who meet again. Then man expresses a feeling that social class does not mean anything, and...
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Katherine MansfieldVery interesting question. Well, of course to a certain extent every author's work is dependent to a large extent on their life. Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand, but throughout her...
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Katherine MansfieldThere's not very much bakground for sixpence on the internet I know a few facts if these are helpful: The story was first published in 1921 but republished in 1924 in 'Something Childish And Other...
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Katherine MansfieldIan French of the short story "Feuille d'Album" by Katherine Mansfield appears at first to be what the title indicates: a person on a page of an album (feuille=page) since he is static in his...
