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Reflecting on the Dead
In Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party" and in D.H. Lawrence's "Odour of Chrysanthemums," two women were in a situation where death was literally at their feet. In "The Garden Party," Laura finds herself contemplating the dead body of Mr. Scott, a man of lower class who lived at the bottom of the hill from her house. In "Odour of Chrysanthemums," Elizabeth finds herself contemplating the dead body of her husband, Walter. Although the relationships these women shared with the dead men were completely opposite, they both had striking similarities in the ways that they handled the situation. Both women ignored the feelings of the families of the deceased, failed to refer to the deceased by name, felt shame in the presence of the deceased and both had a life and death epiphany. Although Laura and Elizabeth were in two similar yet very different situations, they both had contemplated the dead men, acted in similar ways, felt similar emotions and both......

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