Miss-Brill Discussion Questions or Study

Discussion questions to the short story

1. Miss Brill By Katherine MAnsfield Stylistics

2. What might Miss Brill’s fur wrap symbolize? How does Miss Brill deal with reality? What do we know about Miss Brill’s life? What details suggest that Miss Brill might be ill? What is the main conflict in the story? Miss Brill is the protagonist in the story. Is there an antagonist? The cupboard as simile is used twice: first, at the end of the fifth paragraph, and next, in the last paragraph. Explain how the final cupboard simile differs from the first. Does she experience an epiphany? Discussion Questions

3. Interpreter of Maladies