| �Miss Brill�
~ Katherine Mansfield Plato believed that the ultimate goal is to find truth � Mirror image of ourselves because of others� perceptions � it is a reflection � Miss Brill is pathological � her idea of true self and the reality are not connected �Brill� � Australian fish that has no commercial value � We end up knowing more about her character than she does � She dresses up in her finest clothes o Payoff: - gets to feel as a part of something - wants to escape the bleakness and isolation in her real life �GENTILITY� � class, social grace, social understanding, presence admired by others, etc. Even at her best she is still SHABBY The disconnection is built on pretence . � She inserts herself into their world => the more she feels human � She seeks control � Eavesdrops on a conversation of a young couple � She has been good at staying removed, moves on if something comes too close to her, avoiding pain � At the end, her idea of self dissolves � Her reality is that she is left in her desperate isolation � Cake => celebration o Her hands would tremble as she put away the fur for the last time, tries to hold it together for the last time � Trying to live life vicariously Theme: Exile Every human being needs to belong � Miss Brill has an aching need to belong � She cannot get involved because she doesn�t want to get hurt � Her greatest fear is to get exiled ***We create what we fear*** � Participation is key to belonging o Had a hard time keeping the fabric together in a hostile world |
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