Essay on Katherine Mansfield Short Story
Essay On Katherine Mansfield Short Story
“Mansfield sheds a vivid light onto ordinary lives” In what way and how effectively do you think Mansfield achieves this? Refer to two stories.
In the stories Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding and Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield, an example of ordinary lives is shown. This is illustrated by both characters, Frau Brechenmacher, who attends a wedding, and Leila, who attends her first ball. As both stories are instances of people’s lives, we see how ordinary lives are and led.
Рассказ "Her First Ball" - пример обычной человеческой жизни.В нем запечатлен момент из жизни провинциальной девушки Лейлы. Мэнсфилд использует детальное описание великолепия города и атмосферы бала, чтобы подчеркнуть простоту и серость будней героини, которая впервые видит иную жизнь,яркую жизнь, замечая мельчайшие детали обстановки такой необычной и новой. Например ‘Meg’s tuberoses,’ ’Jose’s long loop of amber,’ and ‘Laura’s little dark head, pushing above her white fur like a flower through snow.’ Из этих строк становится понятно, что Лэйла все это, возможно, видит впервые, так как она живет в деревне и ее ‘nearest neighbour is fifteen miles away.’ Когда она приезжает на бал ее восторг показан через внутренний монолог, когда она думает ‘How heavenly, how simply heavenly!’ и даже усиливается.....чем?...
In both stories, there are many very detailed descriptions about the ordinary lives and to build up an image of each character’s normal life. In Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding, there is a two-paged long description of the preparation before the couple attend a wedding. Although it is mainly about how they prepare to go to the wedding, how an ordinary family operates is still shown. For example, Rosa, who is the eldest child in the family, has to ‘look after the children and not stay up later than half-past eight ’ while her parents are away. As a wife, the Frau has to ‘run over his [her husband] best shirt with a hot iron,
“Mansfield sheds a vivid light onto ordinary lives” In what way and how effectively do you think Mansfield achieves this? Refer to two stories.
In the stories Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding and Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield, an example of ordinary lives is shown. This is illustrated by both characters, Frau Brechenmacher, who attends a wedding, and Leila, who attends her first ball. As both stories are instances of people’s lives, we see how ordinary lives are and led.
Рассказ "Her First Ball" - пример обычной человеческой жизни.В нем запечатлен момент из жизни провинциальной девушки Лейлы. Мэнсфилд использует детальное описание великолепия города и атмосферы бала, чтобы подчеркнуть простоту и серость будней героини, которая впервые видит иную жизнь,яркую жизнь, замечая мельчайшие детали обстановки такой необычной и новой. Например ‘Meg’s tuberoses,’ ’Jose’s long loop of amber,’ and ‘Laura’s little dark head, pushing above her white fur like a flower through snow.’ Из этих строк становится понятно, что Лэйла все это, возможно, видит впервые, так как она живет в деревне и ее ‘nearest neighbour is fifteen miles away.’ Когда она приезжает на бал ее восторг показан через внутренний монолог, когда она думает ‘How heavenly, how simply heavenly!’ и даже усиливается.....чем?...
In both stories, there are many very detailed descriptions about the ordinary lives and to build up an image of each character’s normal life. In Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding, there is a two-paged long description of the preparation before the couple attend a wedding. Although it is mainly about how they prepare to go to the wedding, how an ordinary family operates is still shown. For example, Rosa, who is the eldest child in the family, has to ‘look after the children and not stay up later than half-past eight ’ while her parents are away. As a wife, the Frau has to ‘run over his [her husband] best shirt with a hot iron,