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In the short story, send forward brill by Katherine Mansfield, the main character, Miss Brill, is developed with the use to symbols and patterns of similes. The story is about Miss Brills habit on Sundays, and how she is interpreting the human around her, and her role in it. The main metaphors that are used are her fur coating, the grizzly people, and her seat. All these metaphors help show that Miss Brill doesnt dwell career, but only views it.
Miss Brills fur coat is introduced in the premiere paragraph of the story. She personifies the fur, and projects some of her own personalities and interests into it. She had taken it out of its loge that afternoon, shaken out the moth powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes(Mansfield p.357). Later, Miss Brill besides characterizes the fur coat and states that is a little jack, which further laments her personification of the fur. Furthermore, she feels that she is attracted to the personified fur, She could have taken it off and put it on her lap and stroked it (Mansfield p.357). The fur coat is a metaphor for her, or what she sees attractive in herself. She if old, so is the fur coat ..shaken out the moth powder..(Mansfield p.
357); she wants to dress up and use makeup, just like what she does to the fur coat ..a little dab of black sealing-wax.. (Mansfield p.357). She views the world around her as it passes by, but never experiencing it for herself, similar to an breathless object, such as her fur coat. This point is reinforced further at the end of the story, when she has been ridiculed, and is putting away her coat away; But when she put the lid on...
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