Short Stories: Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield.
In her acclaimed short story, “Miss Brill” author Katherine Mansfield does not detail her story in a descriptive, elaborate style, yet the reader can infer that the protagonist, Miss Brill, is a woman who is self-conscious and yearns to be important to the point she denies her pain and sorrow.Miss Brill is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield and it was published in a collection of stories called The Garden Party in 1922. The story is about a woman who goes to her usual Sunday afternoon walk on Jardins Publiques and what happened there with her that day.Miss Brill didn't know whether to admire that or not! And now an ermine toque and a gentleman in grey met just in front of her. He was tall, stiff, dignified, and she was wearing the ermine toque she'd bought when her hair was yellow.
In the short story, “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, the main character, Miss Brill, is developed with the use to symbols and patterns of metaphors. The story is about Miss Brill’s routine on Sundays, and how she is interpreting the world around her, and her role in it.Miss Brill’s real name has not been mentioned anywhere in the short story because she does not have friends to use it. She compensates her lonely and secluded life by just putting herself into others’ lives and this makes her look like an actor in the pack.”Miss Brill” has been written using Third Person Limited Omniscient point of view.
Critical Analysis: Miss Brill Katherine Mansfield s short story into the heart and mind of the aging Miss Brill captures the spirit of human nature s desire to feel important. The short story revolves around its one main character, Miss Brill who suffers from a lack of purpose or significan.
