Assignment: Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Read Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories (Specifically Prelude and Bliss) in order to write a detailed essay discussing how the formal and thematical elements of Mansfield’s writing demonstrates a suppression of the “real self” in the characterisations of Linda or Beryl in “Prelude” AND Bertha Young in “Bliss”.
How does Katherine Mansfield make Bertha’s feelings about Pearl known to the reader in “Bliss”? What is the further significance of Bertha’s queer affection in this particular historical context?
This essay must answer the following question. How does Katherine Mansfield make Bertha’s feelings about Pearl known to the reader in “Bliss”? What is the further significance of Bertha’s queer affection in this particular historical context? A three to four page (maximum) essay only using the short story “Bliss” by Katherine Mansfield. No secondary resources. […]