The Doll's House is a beautiful short story written by Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield is the best artist in portraying the trivial activities of men. In this story she reveals the cruelty of grownup people in the society.
Katherine Mansfield
She shows the innocence of small children and the cruelty of the society that draws a line between the rich and the poor, higher and lower status of people.
There are five child characters in this story. They are the Burnell daughters and the Kelvey daughters. Besides this, there are grown ups like the Aunt Beryl, Mrs. Kelvey, the school teacher and so on.
This story reveals that small children are innocent but they are poisoned by the grown ups and become cruel very slowly. Once Mrs. Hay had sent the Burnell children a doll's house. It was more beautiful than a real house. It had bed rooms, living rooms, kitchen, chimneys, bedclothes, doll family and all painted, decorated and excellent ones. It was unique and large. It was newly painted so it was kept outside in the courtyard for a few days until the smell of the paint was disappeared. Above all there was a lamp that Kezia thought to be a real one.
The Burnell children were overjoyed to find the excellent doll's house. The next day they reached school with great excitement. They were burning to tell about the wonderful doll's house. Burnell's eldest daughter Isabela told her friends about it during the lunch hour at the school. All the children came together. Among them there were Emmie Cole, Lena Logan and the rest. But two of the girls did not come near them. They were downtrodden, lower class children or the daughters of Mrs. Kelvey. Mr. Kelvin was a jailbird. Mrs. Kelvey used to walk from door to door, asked for bits of cloth and gave them to her daughters. Besides, the Burnell's mother had forbidden their daughters to speak with the Kelveys. All the school children, two at a time came to the Burnell's house to see the doll's house. Only Else Kelvey and Lil Kelvey were left uninvited. Nobody spoke with them.
One day, Kezia, the youngest daughter of the Burnells asked her mother to call the Kelveys her home, but her mother abused her and she was silenced. The Kelveys were shunned by all, hated by all. Only the two sisters understood each other.
Then one day Kezia saw those two girls coming towards her gate. She invited them to go and see the doll's house. With much hesitation they went into the courtyard and saw the wonderful house. Else saw the little lamp. At this very moment Aunt Beryl's harsh voiced was heard. She shooed them off as if they were chicken. Afraid of the situation, they squeezed through the gate and ran away. Far off they sat on a drainpipe and the younger sister expressed her pleasure. In this way the poor children were hated by all. Innocent child like Kezia saw no difference between one and another but the elder people create difference in society.
The Kelveys are not allowed to see the doll's house because of their social status.
The main conflict turns out to be Character versus Society. Society's views of women creates the need for Nora to leave her family in order to gain her independence.
The doll's house was a symbol of wealthy ,rich family
Opposition to discrimination.
to show what the story is about
isabel, lottie, kezia, aunt berryl, the kelveys (our else and
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Here are some things that indicate that The Doll's House was written more than 50 years ago:The dollhouse has pretend oil lamps in it.The use of the word gaolbird.The fact that all the girls wear hats.The fact that the dollhouse was mysterious and cool to begin with.
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Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. He also has a house on the Isle of Man.
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isabel, lottie, kezia, aunt berryl, the kelveys (our else and
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The main characters in "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield are the Burnell sisters, Isabel, Lottie, and Kezia. They are given a doll's house as a gift, which becomes a symbol of class divisions in their society. Other characters include the Kelveys, who are ostracized by the other children because of their lower social status. These relationships highlight themes of social hierarchy, exclusion, and innocence.
The story does not directly state who Willie Brent is or what was in the letter.
The rising action in "The Doll's House" involves the Burnell children receiving a beautiful dollhouse as a gift and the subsequent reactions and interactions with their classmates who are intrigued by it. The story builds tension as the children navigate social hierarchies and start to experience feelings of exclusion and unfairness.
The Burnell children in "The Doll's House" are named Isabel, Lottie, and Kezia. They are sisters who receive a doll's house as a gift in the story.
The House of Dolls was created in 1955.
the person who created the dolls house is jack Richard blewett
Katherine Anne Porter House was created in 1890.
Wasn't it the yellow lamp?
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