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Miss Brill: Point of View and Setting

The story "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield is told to us in the third person; by someone watching. We are given a poetic description of a beautiful afternoon at the park. We can see and also feel the crispness in the air. Our narrator also allows us to see into Miss Brill's perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and into her world as a whole. We see the world through her eyes. We feel her emotions.

This beautiful fall afternoon at Jardins Publique is described in such detail that I could actually see what was happening. I could hear the band playing. I could see leaves falling from majestic trees. We see the people in the park as Miss Brill does. The narrator gets us settled into the park with Miss Brill and tells us that she sees those around her as "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!" Miss Brill sees herself differently than she sees......

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