Hopeless Flee
Hopeless Flee
There will be many obstacles in life that are too hard for the average human to deal with, but it is how well the obstacles are dealt with that will make a difference. If the obstacles are handled properly, it could have positive effects; however, if they are handled poorly, it could diminish happiness. Katherine Mansfield's short story, "Miss Brill," uses symbol, plot, character, and point of view, to reveal the theme that creating an alternate reality through the lives of other people will not relieve loneliness.
Miss Brill's fur, the symbol in the short story, is contextual. The fur is a contextual symbol because if the fur were placed in another story, it would not symbolize a lonely woman. According to Saralyn Daly, " When she packs away the furpieceÂ…her identification with that object is so complete that the reader fears she weeps and yet is too valiant to acknowledge it" (90). The fur symbolizes Miss Brill's life in the sense that she has put her life......
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