Miss Brill homework answers
Lucia Lu
09/19/2014
“Miss Brill”
Katherine Mansfield
Discussion Questions 1. There is evidence in the story that Miss Brill might be experiencing some mental or emotional problems. What parts of the story support this interpretation?
At the beginning part of this story Katherine Mansfield wrote " "What has been happening to me?" said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown! But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn't at all firm. It must have had a knock, somehow." In this parts of story we can see that Miss Brill might be experiencing some mental or emotional problems. Because she actually talks with an object, with a fur! 2. On a related note, throughout most of the story, Miss Brill seems to experience reality not as it is but as she would prefer to see it. What parts of the story support this interpretation?
In the story the writer wrote about " fine old man in a velvet coat", and she imagined that people were dancing along to the band for her, and also she imagined a girl who was throwing violets as if they had been positioned. Miss Brill also imagined herself performed on the stage. At the end, she realized everything was just her imagination. 3. What do we know about Miss Brill's life? How might some of the facts of her life contribute to her problem with reality?
Miss Brill’s life is one of shabby gentility and pretense, this impression commences in the opening paragraph as she lovingly takes an oldfashioned fox fur out of its box for her usual
Sunday outing to the gardens. 4. Discuss the significance of the story’s setting in a public park in a French seaside town.
What ideas about the story does this setting help to convey?
She finds great drama in the love affair between different members in the park. 5. Identify and discuss the significance of at least three symbols in the story.
The fur stole is the symbol of Miss Brill, she does not see
09/19/2014
“Miss Brill”
Katherine Mansfield
Discussion Questions 1. There is evidence in the story that Miss Brill might be experiencing some mental or emotional problems. What parts of the story support this interpretation?
At the beginning part of this story Katherine Mansfield wrote " "What has been happening to me?" said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown! But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn't at all firm. It must have had a knock, somehow." In this parts of story we can see that Miss Brill might be experiencing some mental or emotional problems. Because she actually talks with an object, with a fur! 2. On a related note, throughout most of the story, Miss Brill seems to experience reality not as it is but as she would prefer to see it. What parts of the story support this interpretation?
In the story the writer wrote about " fine old man in a velvet coat", and she imagined that people were dancing along to the band for her, and also she imagined a girl who was throwing violets as if they had been positioned. Miss Brill also imagined herself performed on the stage. At the end, she realized everything was just her imagination. 3. What do we know about Miss Brill's life? How might some of the facts of her life contribute to her problem with reality?
Miss Brill’s life is one of shabby gentility and pretense, this impression commences in the opening paragraph as she lovingly takes an oldfashioned fox fur out of its box for her usual
Sunday outing to the gardens. 4. Discuss the significance of the story’s setting in a public park in a French seaside town.
What ideas about the story does this setting help to convey?
She finds great drama in the love affair between different members in the park. 5. Identify and discuss the significance of at least three symbols in the story.
The fur stole is the symbol of Miss Brill, she does not see