Miss Brill
"Miss Brill"
The Third Person-Point of View as used by Katherine Mansfield in "Miss Brill" Katherine Mansfield's use of the third person, limited omniscient point of view in "Miss Brill" has the effect of letting the reader see the contrast between Miss Brill's idea of her role in life and the reality of the small part she truly plays in world around her. In one short Sunday afternoon, the main character's view of herself changes dramatically different changes. Until the end, the reader does not realize the view is like a mirror at a carnival, clear on the outside edges and distorted in the centre. Mansfield's use of the story's point of view causes her readers to look inside themselves to see if they also view life as Miss Brill does: as they wish it to be, not as it is. In the beginning, Miss Brill sees herself as an observer of life, somehow separate, but yet an integral part of life. From the first sentence, "Although it was so brilliantly fine--the blue sky powdered with gold......
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