The Necklace

From the Outside Looking In Katherine Mansfield “Miss Brill,” depicts a woman who sees society as a “play“ rather than the painful reality of truth and mixed emotions that it actually is. Miss Brill is the only main character in this story. She is an older woman that thinks highly of herself and takes pride in her surroundings. Miss Brill has a Sunday ritual of going to the park, placing herself on a bench, and …

…place for her in the animation of the group she had so long observed. The feeling of acceptance and being a part of it all was gone. She was just a “funny” regular after all, who wanted excitement in her odd, silent, nearly old life. Miss Brill wanted the play to continue. As she placed the fur back in the box, that part of her life, which had been the play, was also stored away.