Theme and Style in the Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield
Theme and Style in The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield
The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield started when Mrs. Hay sent a doll’s house to the Burnell children. The doll’s house was very big and stunning that every girl in school were trying to get close to Isabell, the Burnells’ eldest daughter, so that they would be picked to see it. However, because of their status, the Kelveys were not given a chance to see it. They could only listen to other girls’ story about how beautiful it is.
Theme
The theme in The Doll’s House is particularly talking about the condition in the society nowadays, where people from higher social status are honored, and people from the lowest social status are discriminated. The victims in this story were the Kelveys who were the daughter of a washerwoman, and their father was remains unknown. They were treated differently and ignored by the people around them. “…. the Kelveys were shunned by everybody. Even the teacher had a special voice for them…”
When everyone was very excited about the doll’s house and being very nice to Isabell so that they could be chosen to see it, the Kelveys could not do anything except just listening to the stories about how beautiful it was. No one let them see it. Tough they finally had a chance to see the doll’s house; at the end they were being outcast by Aunt Beryl.
Not only being ignored, the Kelveys were also insulted because of their status, but they did not have power to do anything and it made them did not mind with the insult. “Is it true you’re going to be a servant when you grow up, Lil Kelvey?” “…Lil only gave her silly, shame-faced smile. She didn’t seem to mind the question at all.”
On the other hand, although this story is primarily talking about social class discrimination, it also tells us that people like Kezia, who stands against it, is still exist. In the story, Kezia is the most different one among the Burnells. When her sisters were busy talking about the luxurious things in
The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield started when Mrs. Hay sent a doll’s house to the Burnell children. The doll’s house was very big and stunning that every girl in school were trying to get close to Isabell, the Burnells’ eldest daughter, so that they would be picked to see it. However, because of their status, the Kelveys were not given a chance to see it. They could only listen to other girls’ story about how beautiful it is.
Theme
The theme in The Doll’s House is particularly talking about the condition in the society nowadays, where people from higher social status are honored, and people from the lowest social status are discriminated. The victims in this story were the Kelveys who were the daughter of a washerwoman, and their father was remains unknown. They were treated differently and ignored by the people around them. “…. the Kelveys were shunned by everybody. Even the teacher had a special voice for them…”
When everyone was very excited about the doll’s house and being very nice to Isabell so that they could be chosen to see it, the Kelveys could not do anything except just listening to the stories about how beautiful it was. No one let them see it. Tough they finally had a chance to see the doll’s house; at the end they were being outcast by Aunt Beryl.
Not only being ignored, the Kelveys were also insulted because of their status, but they did not have power to do anything and it made them did not mind with the insult. “Is it true you’re going to be a servant when you grow up, Lil Kelvey?” “…Lil only gave her silly, shame-faced smile. She didn’t seem to mind the question at all.”
On the other hand, although this story is primarily talking about social class discrimination, it also tells us that people like Kezia, who stands against it, is still exist. In the story, Kezia is the most different one among the Burnells. When her sisters were busy talking about the luxurious things in