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Discussion starters:
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What is the importance of the band?
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In the park, Miss Brill sees herself as an
important "player" in the scene, as a kind of arbiter of kindness;
what evidence does Mansfield give of Miss Brill's sensitivity?
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Kobler points out the Mansfield "chose
'not only the length of every sentence, but even the sound of every
sentence'" as a reflection of Miss Brill; in what ways do you see
sentence structure and word choice exemplary of the character?
- Mandel notes the importance of sense imagery
in the story, particularly sight and sound; in what ways do the senses
define and depict what is happening inside Miss Brill?
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Critical Sources:
Dickson, Katherine Murphy. Katherine
Mansfield's New Zealand Stories. Lanham, MD: UP of America, 1998.
Kobler, J.F. Katherine Mansfield: A
Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne, 1990.
Mandel, Miriam B. "Reductive
Imagery in 'Miss Brill." Studies in Short Fiction 26.4 (Fall 1989):
473-77. Available on campus through EBSCOhost here.
Meyer, Michael, Ellen Darion and Louise Kawada. "Katherine
Mansfield, Miss Brill." Resources for Teaching The Bedford
Introduction to Literature. New York: Bedford-St. Martin's,
1987. 7-8.
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