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A 3 page essay that analyzes the symbolism of Miss Brill's fur in this short story by Catherine Mansfield. No additional sources cited.
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so that the fur stole can be arranged to look as if the little animal, draped around the womans shoulders, is biting is own tail. As the story opens, Miss
Brill takes her fur out the closet and its box and delights in it, relating to it as if the animal were still alive. This sets the stage for the
story that follows, as this indicates the way that Miss Brill, an aging spinster schoolteacher looks at life. Miss Brill sees life through a haze of fantasy that imagines social
ties between herself and strangers and this is symbolized by her fur, as her perspective has absolutely no basis in reality. At the beginning of the story, Miss
Brills fantasy life is clearly demonstrated in the way she relates to her fur as if it were still alive. "Dear little thing!" thinks Miss Brill. "It was nice to
feel it again" (Mansfield 176). She imagines the fur to be a mischievous pet, "Little rogue!...She could have taken it off and laid it on her lap and stroked it"
(Mansfield 176). While another woman might have done this in order to have the sensory pleasure of touching the fur, Miss Brills relationship goes beyond what is real, as
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes the fur is not alive, as
she notices that its nose has been knocked and contemplates fixing it with some black sealing wax. She is not delusional. Rather she lives in a fantasy world that interprets
the social isolation and dismalness of her life in terms that serve to make her happy and contented. Sunday is obviously the highlight of Miss Brills week because she
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