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The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Analysis

Posted on March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by JL Admin

Mansfield’s story ‘‘The Doll’s House’’ is a work that relies on the careful balance of its elements in order to make its unstated points felt. Elements are juxtaposed against each other to highlight their similarities and differences. Mansfield does this tactfully and subtly, so that even a careful reader might not see it until the…

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Setting

Posted on March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by JL Admin

New Zealand History  This story takes place in Karori, which is on the outskirts of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. At the time the action takes place, New Zealand was in its postcolonial phase. The country colonized relatively late. The first Europeans to arrive were the Dutch, in 1642, but the country remained open…

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Literary Devices – Symbolism

Posted on March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by JL Admin

Omniscient Narrator  ‘‘The Doll’s House’’ is told from a third-person point of view. The narrator is not a character within the story, one who would speak of herself or himself as ‘‘I’’ or ‘‘me,’’ but is instead an outside observer, reporting on all of the characters as ‘‘he’’ or ‘‘she.’’ Frequently, third-person narrators will limit…

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Themes

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by JL Admin

Class Conflict  The town that is depicted in ‘‘The Doll’s House’’ is clearly one with a range of different social classes, as Mansfield explains in the fourteenth paragraph. This explains why people of different classes are attending the same school. For examples of the different economic levels represented here, she mentions judges and doctors, storekeepers…

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Characters

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by JL Admin

Aunt Beryl  Aunt Beryl is a self-centered woman who imagines herself to be sensitive, even though she is callous about the feelings of others. When the doll’s house is delivered to the Burnell home, it is Aunt Beryl who insists that it should be kept outside because she finds the fumes of its recent paint…

The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield – Summary

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by JL Admin

‘‘The Doll’s House’’ begins when an elaborate doll’s house is delivered to the home of the Burnell family. It is a gift from Mrs. Hay, who has been staying with them for a while in their house out in the suburbs but has recently returned to the city. The doll’s house is massive, so big…

Is unemployment within the labour market primarily voluntary?

Posted on May 5, 2015 by admin

The worldwide recession precipitated by the financial crisis in the United States has had disastrous consequences for the UK economy as well.  This most recent episode of recession in the UK happens to be the worst it had faced in the period following the Second World War.  Based on the GDP numbers for the years…

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Does free trade cause development?

Posted on May 4, 2014 by JL Admin

Free trade is a buzzing concept in modern times, with all governments across the world proclaiming to promote it.  Indeed, the last thirty years or so of global economic integration is based on free trade principles – also referred to as laizzez-faire capitalism.  Definitely, there are many advantages to be availed as a result of…

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