4B Representation in Katherine Mansfield Stories by Diana Martinez Rasekh https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg Upload your human statue or silent film along with the caption. Also, answer the questions on the handout in a brief paragraph under your photo/video. en-us 2022-04-12 16:49:21 UTC 2022-04-12 17:55:13 UTC hello@padlet.com rawness of betrayal 049141 https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141205794 “While He looked it up and she turned her head towards the hall. And she saw…. Harry with Miss Fulton’s coat in his end and Miss Fulton with her back turned to him and her head bent. He tossed the coat away, put his hands on her shoulders, and turned very violently to him. His lips said: “I adore you,” and Miss Fulton laid her moonbeam fingers on his cheeks and smiled her sleepy smile. Harry's nostrils quiered; his lips curled back in a hideous grin while he whispered "to-morrow," and with her eyelids Miss Fulton said: "yes."”

Mansfield uses tone, diction, and indirect characterization to show the rawness of portrayal. In this passage, Bertha seems to paint Harry as the villain with the word choices of, "violently", "tossed", and "hideous" while contrasting him with Miss Fulton's characterization with the word choices of, "moonbeam fingers", and "sleepy smile". These contradicting word choices show her disbelief of them being together because in her eyes they are two different people and aren't meant for each other. ]]> 2022-04-12 17:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141205794 The Doll House 3008760 https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141211387 The scene portrayed, as well as the scene in the story is exaggerated and satirical. While people similar to this did exist in this century this is an exaggeration. Katherine Mansfield's portrayal is due the middle and upper class of the time seeing the lower class as repulsive and disgusting, tainted influences that they must protect their children from. The satire brings light to an issue such as prejudice towards the lower classes but with a stroke of humor and caricature.


"Kezia!"

It was Aunt Beryl's voice. They turned round. At the back door stood Aunt Beryl, staring as if she couldn't believe what she saw.

" How dare you ask the little Kelveys into the courtyard ? " said her cold, furious voice. " You know as well as I do, you're not allowed to talk to them. Run away, children, run away at once. And don't come back again," said Aunt Beryl. And she stepped into the yard and shooed them out as if they were chickens.

" Off you go immediately! " she called, cold and proud.

They did not need telling twice. Burning with shame, shrinking together, Lil huddling along like her mother, our Else dazed, somehow they crossed the big courtyard and squeezed through the white gate.

" Wicked, disobedient little girl! " said Aunt Beryl bitterly to Kezia, and she slammed the doll's house to.

]]> 2022-04-12 17:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141211387 Detachment From Reality https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141216991 “It was like a play. It was exactly like a play. Who could believe the sky at the back wasn't painted? But it wasn't till a little brown dog trotted on solemnly and then slowly trotted off, like a little "theater" dog, a little dog that had been drugged, that Miss Brill discovered what it was  that made it so exciting. They were all on stage. They weren't only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a party and came every Sunday.”


In Miss Brill, Mansfield captures the universal pattern across many humans that we often get so wrapped up in our own loneliness, we create worlds outside of ourselves. Miss Brill spends her Sundays in the park surrounded by others as an attempt to immerse herself in a different world. She begins imagining her own life as a play and her as an actor- something separate from her own life as a way to escape the reality of her loneliness.
 The idea that people are living in their own world and fail to realize that there are other people in their story is this connection to the detachment from reality. Miss Brill not only feels like a spectator but also like she is a part of the story and she is aware of the role people play in the overall story of her own and others lives. Mansfield chose to make it  a third person story but felt as though Miss Brill herself was talking about herself and her observations in the 3rd person adding that much more objectivity and “assessing the role” within the story. Katherine Mansfield’s portrayal of reality is eye-opening because she captures another person’s thought process through a stream of consciousness writing style. Miss Brill is delusional in that she truly convinces herself that she is part of a play, and Katherine Mansfield is able to portray her detachment from reality through her stream of conscience writing style. 


]]> 2022-04-12 17:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141216991 Bliss - Repression of uncomfortable feelings 0854721 https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141221144 "At those last words something strange and almost terrifying darted into Bertha's mind. And this something blind and smiling whispered to her: "Soon these people will go. The house will be quiet--quiet. The lights will be out. And you and he will be alone together in the dark room--the warm bed...""

The writer has captured reality in this scene by showing us what it is like to be in an uncomfortable relationship, especially when someone like Bertha was repressing her sexuality. In addition the author uses a lot of detail to describe Bertha’s thoughts of what would be happening later that night in order to expose Bertha’s raw feelings. This scene displays how, when not distracted, Bertha’s reality of feeling lonely when with her husband (in comparison to when she is with Pearl) finally hits her. 

Bertha’s character has little characteristics that develop her as more of an individual; she takes particular attention to certain things, like the moon, the pear tree, and the decor in her home. Yet, she is still depicted as the average middle class woman of the time. This allows for more relatable to the reader. Adding tiny details about her life humanizes her, but the generalization of her daily life allows for it to represent a broader group of people. Hearing Bertha’s stream of consciousness also allows the reader to form a closer relationship with her, perhaps in sharing similar thoughts or feelings. While Bertha’s thoughts pertain to her situation at the moment (her dinner party ending), the fear of being alone is still general enough to represent the reality of more than just Bertha, but perhaps other women around her time.

The writer uses imagery in order to show Bertha’s repressed feelings. For example, “warm bed” and “quiet-quiet”. By using these techniques, it gives the readers insight to how Bertha is feeling. By mentioning how “quiet” the room was, it is implied that Bertha is uncomfortable with the quietness. The use of imagery sets an uncomfortable and kind of awkward tone. 

]]> 2022-04-12 17:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141221144 Bliss https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141237142 The writer used realistic aspects in our scene  depicting how women can be blinded by their own love interests that they can’t see the untold truth. While we thought there was a realistic aspect, we also thought that the scene was exaggerated “He tossed his coat away, put his hands on her shoulders and turned her violently to him”. This quote from the story was exaggerated by the writer to emphasize the shock that Bertha might have felt from finding out that her husband was being unfaithful with her presumed to be ‘love’.  We can see the detachment of reality in this scene from Bertha because she was blissfully unaware of what was happening between her husband and Ms.Fulton.  Even though Bertha did have feelings for her husband, she gained new feelings for Ms.Fulton which is why she shocked to find both of them in the situation that they were in. 
The author used indirect characterization in this scene when Bertha was describing what she was seeing between Harry and Ms.Fulton, The author described Harry as having a “hideous grin” whereas Ms.Fulton was described to have a “sleepy smile”. Regardless of knowing what they were both doing behind her back, she still ‘respected’ Ms.Fulton enough to not see her as a home wrecker. ]]> 2022-04-12 17:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dianamartinezrasekh/1on7ldrw1mbckjhg/wish/2141237142