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Imagery In The Garden Party And A Married Man's Story

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4. Imagery in Two Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield is an author who has granted imagery for almost every story. While reading them, one has a feeling that the writer has provided such conditions in order to enable the reader to participate in the on-going. Perhaps it is because the author skilfully applied stylistic devices, but maybe it is because while writing she illustrated the same scenes witnessed in life.
This chapter is dedicated to two short stories by Katherine Mansfield; The Garden- Party and A Married Man’s Story. Here imagery in both stories will be presented, as well as the stylistic devices that have been applied there. This paragraph will compare the two stories; similarities and differences imagery will …show more content…

It captures beautiful preparations for the party, it is tiring, but the end of the result gives all delights. These are beautiful feelings and expectations of the final outcome of major planning.’[..] she loved having to arrange things; she always felt she could do it so much better than anybody else.’ (Clay, 1984: 246) Laura is the one who likes to take all the responsibility. However, she does not feel how her mother and perceptions of society control her. Mrs Sheridan is Laura 's mother who understands the harsh laws of life that is why she sticks to the rules, so that from the side her family would look perfect. It means that she makes people think that they do not argue, they are happy and, most importantly, they are able to support each other and be united. It also appears in a place where vividly the imagery of happiness in Sheridan family’s abode is superimposed. ’They were like bright birds that had alighted in the Sheridan’s garden for this one afternoon, on their way to- where? Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who all are happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smiles into eyes.’ (1984: 256-257) This quotation demonstrates that they should play happiness they wanted to hide problems and

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