Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Too good of an actress?

Some people simply can not accept reality. Some can not move on. and some are just so good at what they do that they apply it to their regular life, and they let the truth slip between their fingers. Miss Brill is one of those people. "It was like a play. It was exactly like a play." (Mansfield). We really do not know what part she plays. At first the reader believes that she is a young girl, probably early 20's, but as the story progresses, the reader gets a sense that she is late 50's. We as the reader aren't supposed to know. Another wonderful story where the author leaves it up to the reader. Great. My opinion is that she is late thirties, but that is just me.

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