Analysis Of Katherine Mansfield s The Dolls House Essay

Katherine Mansfield was an early 20th New Zealand writer who focused on people and how they interacted with each other. She was often making comments on the society around her. The four short stories of Mansfield that I am going to talk about are also based on the interaction between societies. The people in the 19th century were blinded with darkness of class prejudice and external appearance. The four short stories are ‘The Dolls House’ ‘The Garden Party’ ‘A Cup of Tea’ and ‘Miss Brill’. The text which I have chosen builds up the strong connections with the theme of prejudice through classism and ageism present in the world. All the texts which I have selected for theme study share some strong similarities between them related to the theme. Whether its prejudice through classism between upper and lower class society seen in â€Å"the doll’s house† and â€Å"the garden party† where upper class believe that lo wer class have no feeling and emotions or ‘A cup of tea’ where rich people show generosity to people inferior to them and consider them as lower class poor people or whether its ‘Miss Brill’ where exclusion is shown on the basis of age group which leads to isolation. All these four texts show different types of prejudice. The prejudice through classism was shown in the ‘the doll’s house’ when three rich upper class Burnell children Isabel, Lottie and Kezia receives a doll’s house which also became the topic of interest at their school. Isabel was inviting all her friends toShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Katherine Mansfield s The Doll s House 1645 Words   |  7 Pagesconcept of social class, categorizing as well as forcing people into different distinct groups and ranks based on their financial, political, and socio-economic status. This system of social stratification is demonstrated in Katherine Mansfield’s short story, â€Å"The Doll’s House†, and explores the issue of prejudicial distinction between people based on their experiences and social circumstances. Through Mansfield’s manipulation of the relationships among certain characters such as the inferior lower