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Ms. Lopez
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Katherine Mansfield has indirectly characterized Miss Brill with great skill
throughout the story. Consequently, readers can collect much information
about her. Answer the following factual questions about Miss Brill,
and provide evidence from the story that support each of your answers.
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| What nationality is she? | |
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| About how old is she? | |
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| Evaluate her living conditions. | |
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| What is her occupation? | |
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| What does she do every Sunday? | 1. 2. |
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| Is she lonely? |
Look up point of view in your Literary Terms handout.
Determine what point of view
the story is told from?
(Answer each of these questions
as you determine the answer:)
Do we know the main character's feelings and emotions?
Do we know what other characters are feeling on the inside?
Do we receive objective descriptions of people and events?
Are the descriptions filtered through a subjective narration?
Look at Miss Brill's descriptions of the following people
and her feelings towards them. Then, compare her to each of them.
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| The old couple on the bench she presently sits next to |
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| The other people on the benches and green chairs |
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| The woman in the ermine toque |
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| The man with the long whiskers |
Is Miss Brill aware of her similarities to these people?
For something to be a viewed as a symbol, it must figure prominently
within a story. What item appears at the very beginning of this story,
and much time is devoted to describing it? Name the two other important
places within the story where this item again appears.
If you have figured out what the symbol is, name all its characteristics
that relate to Miss Brill herself:
What is Miss Brill's mood at the beginning of the story?
What is her mood at the end? Is she a static or developing, dymanic character?