Isolation And Loneliness In Miss Brill By Katherine Mansfield

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In the story Miss Brill, author Katherine Mansfield advances her theme “ isolation and loneliness can cause one to imagine distorted realities that they wish were true” through the use of action, third-person omniscient point-of-view, characterization, diction, and dialogue. Examples and proof of her techniques appear throughout the story in the textbook, The Bedford Introduction to Literature, although modern readers may find that few people in this world seem to be out of touch with reality and live their lives through their dreams like the character Miss Brill. While not enough evidence exists to suggest that Mansfield believes the theme she is “auctioning,” modern readers can take away, through the central character 's internal monologue,

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