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    “The Fly” Having read many pieces of literature through short stories‚ it is evident that each story has its own unique use of symbolism. Diverse characters in each work of literature are used to demonstrate these forms of symbolism. The boss and his inner conflict illustrate a great deal of symbolism in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield. The boss’s perception of the actions of the fly creates an interesting view of the comparison of his father-son‚ father-fly relationship. Katherine Mansfield

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    FLY_ The story "Fly" by Katherine Mansfield throws light on the fact that time is a great healer and it conquers grief. The story begins when Mr. Woodifield comes to see his ex-boss. He is retired and is a heart patient. He praises the new setting and furniture of the office. Then the boss offers him whisky. After drinking it‚ Mr. Woodifield remembers what he has forgotten. He tells the boss that his daughters have visited the graves of the boss ’s as well as Mr. Woodsfield ’s son. Actually‚ they

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    another is the very essence of the sadistic drive. In her short‚ compelling story "The Fly‚" Mansfield details how a commonplace incident of fly killing defines the sadistic‚ arrogant‚ and shallow nature of a powerful businessman. The nameless boss’s cruel disrespect for this simple but valid life form parallels his disrespect for the greater community of man. To further highlight his character deficits‚ Mansfield contrasts the egocentric‚ ambitious boss to others who have formed close interpersonal

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    very close to you? Katherine Mansfield‚ an author from the 1920s‚ lost her brother‚ Leslie‚ in World War l. Instead of going to see a therapist to help her overcome her grief of losing her brother she wrote a story about it. In the short story Mansfield wrote‚ the boss represents the author because of the struggle the boss goes through with the loss of his son similarly to the struggle she had with the loss of her brother. In the short story‚ “The Fly”‚ by Katherine Mansfield although the boss falls

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    Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield‚ who lived from 1888 to 1923‚ is considered to be one of the most remarkable short story writers of her time. Using her life experiences as an inspiration for her short stories‚ Mansfield sculpted her ideas into masterful pieces of literary work. Mansfields life was full of interesting experiences that shaped her outlook upon life. The diversity of friends and acquaintances Katherine Mansfield had over her lifetime also had a great influence on her career

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    Rosie Gorrie Essay- writers consistently use short stories as a lens through which they scrutinise society. Katherine Mansfield uses short stories as lens‚ to show how during the 1920’s; in a society purely focused on keeping the old traditions alive and leaving new ways of thinking and change in the dark. Mansfield uses her short stories to uncover the harsh reality of gender biased marriages in which power and control were held by the male and how status and reputation allowed people to act a

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    Prose Appreciation – “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield is a short story which focuses on the trials and tribulations faced by those who lost relatives in World War One. Many who lost family and friends in the war struggled for years with grief‚ while others accepted the shortcomings and managed to overcome it. Everyone faced their own challenges‚ and everyone overcame them different ways‚ or in some cases not at all. Katherine Mansfield is one of many people who

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    lacunae‚ and tensions of modern life. She was born in 1888 in Wellington‚ a town labeled “the empire city” by its white inhabitants‚ who modeled themselves on British life and relished their city’s bourgeois respectability.[1] At an early age‚ Mansfield witnessed the disjuncture between the colonial and the native‚ or Maori‚ ways of life‚ prompting her to criticize the treatment of the Maoris in several diary entries and short stories.[2] Mansfield’s biographer‚ Angela Smith‚ writes: “It was her

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    In the short story‚ The Fly by Katherine Mansfield‚ it tells of a man often referred to as the boss. A man who lost someone very close to him. The boss tries to find a way to cope over his loss whether it’s the bottom of the bottle‚ or just a simple hobby. After years of grieving it seems like the boss can no long cry over his loss‚ no matter how hard he tries. While keeping to himself in his own office‚ the boss encounters a struggling fly who just might teach him the value of life and death. Little

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    November 8‚ 2012 Exploring the connections between memory and trauma in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen In these works “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen both reflect on the relations with memory and trauma from the First World War. Mansfield shows her connection through a father who lost his son at war and struggles with reminiscing his son’s death. Mansfield shows how the character starving for attention on the looks of his office to

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