Miss Brill Questions and Answers
What is Miss Brill's mood at the beginning and at the end of the story?
How old is Miss Brill? What are her circumstances? Why does she listen in on conversations?
What is a quote from Mansfield's "Miss Brill" that shows that Miss Brill is lonely?
Miss Brill Theme
Of what importance to the story is the woman in the ermine toque?
Why does the main character in the story "Miss Brill" enjoy her Sundays in the park?
What kind of conflict is shown in "Ms. Brill"?
What is ironic about Miss Brill's impressions of the “other people [who] sat on the benches and green chairs” in "Miss Brill"?
What is the conflict in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield?
Other than visit the park on Sunday afternoons, what two things do we learn that Miss Brill does in her spare time?
What is the point of view of the story "Miss Brill?
What does the first paragraph of "Miss Brill" describe Miss Brill doing?
Why did Miss Brill pass by the baker's shop that day with out buying the slice of honey cake?
Consider Miss Brill's fantasies. What do they reveal about her needs and fears?
How do the young lovers hurt Miss Brill?
What nationality is Miss Brill?
What does the fur mean to Miss Brill?
What does the story's ending reveal about what Miss Brill realizes? short story
What is the financial situation of the main character of "Miss Brill?"
Miss Brill Symbolism
What details can you infer about Miss Brill from the quote: "She had become really quite expert...talked round her"?
What is the purpose of the fox fur piece? What is the source of the crying in the final sentence of the story?
Why the name "Brill" is chosen in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield?
Does Miss Brill come to a realization about her life and habits, or does she manage to suppress the truths that have been presented to her in "Miss Brill"?
How does the calculated omission of Miss Brill's first name contribute to her characterization?
What is a good thesis statment for "Miss Brill"?
What is the conclusion of the story "Miss Brill"
What is Miss Brill's self-image and what attitude does she have towards herself?
Describe the scene in which the action of the story occurs in Miss Brill.
What is special about the band that Sunday afternoon in "Miss Brill"?
Describe the scene in which the action in Miss Brill occurs?
Who is the flat character in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield?
What level of social class does Miss Brill project?
What does Mansfield want us to learn from Miss Brill's false perception of reality?
Why doesn't Miss Brill communicate with other people?
Would Miss Brill be a round or flat character? Why?
What figurative language is used in "Miss Brill"?
How does the author of "Miss Brill" use indirect and direct characterization to create a dynamic character?
What details about the life of Miss Brill do we learn from the story ?
What's a good thesis statement for an analysis of the theme of isolation and loneliness in "Miss Brill" and Trifles?
Why did the author (Katherine Mansfield) of "Miss Brill" not give her a first name?
Most of "Miss Brill" lets you know what’s going on in the titular character's mind. During her visit to the park, she speaks to no one, she does nothing. Her mind, however, is active, and she identifies with what is going on all around her. Considering Miss Brill’s imaginations: what do they reveal about her needs and fears? How would you describe Miss Brill’s life? (Rich? Meaningful? Empty? Something else?) How do her reactions to what she sees reveal the emptiness of her life?
Miss Brill's sense of herself is at least partly based on her attitudes toward others. What are instances of this tendency? How does it relate to the story's drastic change of mood?
What are the two main settings in the short story "Miss Brill," and how do they directly contribute to character presentation and plot development?
In "Miss Brill," why does Miss Brill think of the fur as a "little rogue"?
How is "Miss Brill" an example of Modernist writing?
Where in the story does it say Miss Brill is an English teacher?
Miss Brill Setting
In Katherine Mansfield's short story titled "Miss Brill," how do Miss Brill's observations of the people around her give us insight into her own character?
Based upon information in the text and through informed speculation, what does Miss Brill look like in Katherine Mansfield's story "Miss Brill"?
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