The American writers John Steinbeck and Katherine Mansfield from New Zealand both were modernist writers of short fictional stories. They portrayed different looking characters having similar life issues and encounters. In ‘’Miss Brill’’ and ‘’The Chrysanthemums’’ both female protagonists have an insight about themselves and learn something new about the world they live in. They are drawn together by their uneventful lives and thriving for something to happen but separated in terms of looks. First of all, Miss Brill is a lonely old lady, who is a school teacher and lives in France.
(18) However, she enjoyed going to the park where people of all ages enjoyed and played a part. “Miss Brill discovered what it was that made it so exciting. They were all on the stage. They weren’t only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a part and came every Sunday.”(9) She even enjoyed of being an invisible person by eavesdropping in other’s lives.
They weren't only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting.” ❏ She is excited about having an almond in her cake which is very minuscule ❏ Towards the end of the story she begins to cry, hinting at herself realizing she is alone ❏ Miss Brill in my opinion is a widow ❏ The story was written in 1920 and it was very rare for a woman to not marry ❏ Perhaps the reason she made such a big deal about everything in the park is to help herself forget about her husband ❏ Perhaps her and husband used to go there every Sunday and that is why she attends by herself ❏ At the end of the story it reads, “She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying.” ❏ Perhaps the reason she unclasps it quickly without looking is because it was a necklet that her husband and given to her and that is the reason for the
She is obviously content with the route she has chosen to entertain Bovanne, and Bovanne is as well. Ms. Hazel’s son, Task, is one to approach her. He claims that his mother’s dress was too short and low-cut for “a woman her age.” As much as an independent woman she proves to be, during the time period she embraced the liberation women were given. Ms. Hazel shows unconditional affection to the elders in her community, although her community does not always approve of her tactics. She remembers
I believe this was meant to be interpreted in two ways: her eyes are closed and her head is back as she is absorbing all she can about the play that is being read due to her deep passion for theatre, but it also accurately illustrates her laziness with the girls. Mary walks in late, but because she has flowers Mrs. Mortar doesn’t do anything about it, and when Karen comes in she notifies her of how she had been late for breakfast that morning and the week before as well, but nothing was done about that either. When literally looking at the character Lilly Mortar it seems as if she has no purpose other than to annoy everyone, especially her niece Martha; however, if the reader really looks deep into her character, it is apparent that if not for her Martha may never have known her true self. The argument the two of them had about Mrs. Mortar parting
By comparison technique, these two characters would be best comprehended through their worlds, their meaning of lives, and their characteristics. Despite the difference in races, Miss Brill and Phoenix Jackson both are the victims of discrimination in their worlds. Miss Brill is a lonely English woman in a small French town. She has a habit of going to Jardins Publiques every Sunday. She loves the music, the conversations there.
Bridge. Superficial is existing or occurring at or on the surface. Mrs. Bridge often times puts on a show for those around her because she is so caught up in appearance and presenting herself as the perfect wife, mother and friend. One hot summer day she chose to go without stockings after being told this was not lady like growing up. Although she was comfortable, upon having unexpected houseguest she cries out while greeting them at the door, “Oh goodness I look like something out of Tobacco Road!”(1054).
They seemed to only pay attention to her. How she stayed in her home and never came out. How her father died and her sweetheart left her. They talked about her faliing fpor a Northerner, Homer Barron, who was also a day laborer and that did not come to there liking.Then they described a strong reek at Miss Emily’s house. A few towns people complianed about it, some people went to action.
Skeeter adapted to no longer being friends with Hilly or any one else in the Ladies League. Though near the end of the book she noticed that most of the people still liked her it was just Hilly who ruined it for her, making friends and staying in the same group. Though it is possible to have more than one group to join other groups, but in this situation its different. During the years of this book, the 1960’s, many groups didn’t along not just because of race but it also depends on status. Like the Ladies League only socialized with members that were only acceptable to the president Mrs. Hilly.
These stories are very similar in that both Matt and Emily kill out of love for someone, but Matt's murder is for closure after his son Frank is killed, where as Emily's is because she is afraid of being alone. Emily is portrayed by the narrator, who seems to speak for the whole town, “we”. Her character traits are peculiar due to the manner in which her father raised her. She obviously had issues about her over protective father. When her father died, all the ladies offered condolences, “Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face.