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Writer
Katherine Mansfield
Climax
Climax
- The young couple claims Miss Brill's appearance in a negative way
and compare her fur with a fried whiting.
“ “ …But why? Because of that stupid old thing at the end there?
[…] Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home? ” ( page 115 )
“"It's her fu-ur which is so funny," giggled the girl. "It's exactly like a fried whiting. "” ( page 115 )
Falling Action
Falling Action
- Every Sunday Miss Brill buys a slice of honeycake at the baker's but on that day she passes the baker's by.
“ But to-day she passed the baker's by,… ” ( page 116 )
Imagery
Setting
3. When she looks around and thinks that she is in a play.
“ It was like a play. It was exactly like a play. ” (page 114)
4. A young couple compares her fur with a fried whiting.
“ It’s exactly like a fried whiting.” (page 115)
Setting
Setting
- Place
2. The rotunda
3. When she returns to her house, the author shows us that her room is small.
“…went into the little dark room-her room like a cupboard…” (page 116)
1. This short story is set in France. The author lets us know by using the word “The Jardins Publiques” which is mean “Park” in English.
Rising Action
Irony
Setting
- Irony of situation
https://designpress.com/inspiration/small-bedroom-design/
A young boy asks the girl about Miss Brill
“ Because of that stupid old thing at the end there? ” (page 115)
“ …, went into the little dark room-her room like a cupboard… ” (page 116)
3. Miss Brill thinks about people around her while she is acting in the same way like them.
“ The old people sat on bench, still as statues.” (page 113)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(architecture)#/media/File:University_of_Virginia_Rotunda_2006.jpg
1. No one notices Miss Brill’s presence in the park but in the end of the story there is a young couple who realizes her presence by damning her.
2. She uses to blame people around her but all of her criticisms become pain to herself.
“they were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they looked as though they’d just come from dark little rooms or even-even cupboard!” (page 113)
https://heartofthecity.co.nz/attractions/parks/albert-park
Imagery
Rising Action
- Simile
Imagery
- This Sunday, Miss Brill decides to wear her fur to the Jardins Publiques.
“ Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur. ” ( page 112 )
- She sees people and criticizes them.
“ They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they looked as
though they'd just come from dark little rooms or even - even cupboards! ” ( page 113 )
- There is a young couple who sit instead of an old couple and she looks forward to the conversation.
“Just at that moment a boy and girl came and sat down where the old couple had been.
[…], Miss Brill prepared to listen. ” ( page 115 )
Atmosphere
Atmosphere
Conflict
Symbols
Point of View
Emotions
Protagonist
Antagonist
- Person against herself
Miss Brill
A young couple
- Person against person
1. Describing the air in the first scene.
“The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill, like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip, …” (page 112)
2. When she describes a conductor’s action
“He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, …” (page 112)
1. She is single because of her status ‘Miss’, it shows that she is unmarried.
2. She is an English teacher
“ …shy feeling and telling her English pupils how she spent Sunday afternoon. ” (page 114)
3. She is self-centered because she criticized everyone by her own experience.
“ They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they looked as they’d
just come from dark little rooms or even-even cupboard! ” (page 113)
4. She is round character. The writer showed us that she has many emotions.
They attack Miss Brill by criticizing her appearance, her fur which makes her feels confident, and her presence.
" But why? Because of that stupid old thing at the end there? " asked the boy.
" Why does she come here at all—who wants her? Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home? "
"It's her fu-ur which is so funny," giggled the girl.
"It's exactly like a fried whiting."
(page 115)
2. According to the story, it seems to be autumn season because of a drifting leaf.
“ …and now again a leaf came drifting- from nowhere, from the sky. ” (page 112)
“ Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping, …” (page 113)
1. This story portrays the climate which seems the beginning of winter because the sky is bright but the air is like a faint chill.
“ Although it was so brilliantly fine-the blue sky powdered with gold and great spot of light …” (page 112)
“ The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just like a faint chill…” (page 112)
Conflict
- She thought she was important to everyone but a young couple destroy her notion by blaming her.
“ No doubt somebody would have noticed if she hadn’t been there; she was a part of performance after all.” (page 114)
“ Why doesn’t she keep her silly old mug at home.” (page 115)
- She does not accept that she is sad.
“ …,what was it?-not sadness-no, not sadness…” (page 115)
- She still does not accept in the end of the story that a cry is from her. She does not want to be useless person in the society.
“ But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying.” (page 116)
Irony
- When she is happy, the band plays more cheerfully.
“ And the band sounded louder and gayer. That was because the season was begun.” (page 112)
- The rhythm of music shows how she feels in that place, she enjoys.
“ Tum-tum-tum tiddle-um! tiddle-um! tum tiddle-um tum ta! blew the band.” (page 113)
- There is a woman who is ignored by a man and she feels like a meaningless woman. In this point the writer showes her emotion by using the music to tell the story.
“ But even the band seemed to know what she was feeling and played more softly, played tenderly, and the drum beat, “The Brute! The Brute! ” (page 114)
https://www.bostonusa.com/about-boston/seasons/fall/
https://jooinn.com/fall-sky.html
REsolution
Emotions
Theme
- But later, the situation changed. She finds someone who is nicer and then the band changes the beat.
“ And the band changed again and played more quickly, more gayly than ever, …” (page 114)
- When she can not explain what is happening with herself or maybe it is some sadness, the band plays more softly than ever.
“And what they played was warm, sunny, yet there was just a faint chill -a something, what was it?-
not sadness-no, not sadness-a something that made you want to sing.” (page 115)
- Then the play changes more lively but she still feels down and does not know what is happening to her.
“ The tune lifted, lifted, the light shown; and it seemed to Miss Brill that in another moment all of them, … ”
(page 115)
Symbols
People with loneliness can create imaginations for escaping realities.
- Title
Resolution
'Miss brill’, her status lets us know that she is unmarried. She is alone and lives in her house lonely.
Point of View
Point of View
- Fur
- She goes into her dark room which is like a cupboard and she unclasps her fur quickly without looking.
“…went into the little dark room - her room like a cupboard.[…]
She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking,… ”
( page 116 )
- She hears something crying but she does not accept it is herself.
“…she thought she heard something crying ” ( page 116 )
2. Stream of Consciousness
- The author tells Miss Brill's inner thought.
" ...what was it?—not sadness— no, not sadness—a something that made you want to sing." (page 115)
It represents her pride and her confidence. This point is obvious when the young couple criticizes her and she lost her confidence.
“ “It’s her fur which is so funny” giggled the girl. “It’s exactly like a fried whiting” ”
(page 115)
1. Limited Omniscient
- The author uses Miss Brill to tell story from her viewpoint.
" She felt a tingling in her hands and arms, but that came from walking, she supposed." (page 112)
" She glanced, sideways, at the old couple. Perhaps they would go soon. Last Sunday, too, hadn't been as interesting as usual. " (page 113)
Exposition
Exposition
Miss Brill goes to the park every Sunday.
“ For although the band played all the year round on Sundays, out of season it was never the same. ” ( page 112 )
Author
Katherine Mansfield
- First collection of Short stories : The German Pension (1911).
- Second husband : John Middleton Murray.
- She lost her brother during The Great War.
- Prelude (1917), Bliss, and Other Stories (1920), The Garden party
and Other Stories (1922).
- She died of the tuberculosis in 1923.
- Born in New Zealand.
- A daughter of a successful businessman.
- Graduated from Queen's College, London.
- First husband : George Bowden.
- She miscarried her child.
Key Vocabulary
The Jardins Publiques
http://mikestravelguide.com/things-to-do-in-nantes-visit-the-jardin-des-plantes/
Red Eiderdown
http://rubytuesdaysvintagehome.com/item_252/zsold-BEAUTIFUL-PINK-VINTAGE-EIDERDOWN.htm
Panama Hat
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monticristi_Straw_Hat_Optimo.jpg
Ermine Toque
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monticristi_Straw_Hat_Optimo.jpg
Rotunda
https://csc.virginia.edu/news/fall-2018-contemplative-practice-rotunda-series-announced
A fried whiting
https://www.isolafish.com/en/products/added-value/breaded-whiting-fillets/
References
http://mikestravelguide.com/things-to-do-in-nantes-visit-the-jardin-des-plantes/ [2019, Sep 11]
http://rubytuesdaysvintagehome.com/item_252/zsold-BEAUTIFUL-PINK-VINTAGE-EIDERDOWN.htm [2019, Sep 11]