"Authors present their character either directly or indirectly. In direct presentation they tell us straight out; by exposition or analysis, what the character are like, or they have another character in the story describe them. In indirect presentation the author shows us the character through their action; we determine what they are like by what they say or do" (169).In the story the author uses indirect presentation to allow the reader to create his or her own opinion of Miss Brill. She is described as a woman who lives in a small house, somewhat the size of a cupboard and that she is living in a state of false consciousness. Miss Brill struggles with her loneliness and lack of reality, while living vicariously through oth

Symbolism plays a particularly large part in explaining Miss Brill. Symbolism can be defined as "something that means more than what it suggests on the surface. It may be an object, a person, a situation, an action or some other element that has literal meaning in the story but that suggest or represents other meanings as well"(291). This can be easily showed by the relationship between Miss Brill and her "alter-ego"; the fox fur. Miss Brill lives for the days that she spends in the park, this can be seen when she rubs "the life back into (her fur's) dim little eyes" (182). Not only does this quote reveal that the trips to the park "rubs" life back into Miss Brill, but also the condition of the fur's eyes might also mean that Miss Brill is not as young and full of life as she once might have been. It seems that the author was deeply trying to express bond a between Miss Brill and the fur. For example, throughout the story when Miss Brill is happy the fur is also happy and when the fur is insulted then Miss Brill is also insulted. Perhaps the best example of this is when Miss Brill is sitting in her "cupboard" like room, puts her fur away, and thinks that she hears "something crying" (186).

"The theme of a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight. It is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied by the story. To derive the theme of a story, we must determine what its central purpose is: what view of life it supports or what insight into life it reveals" (203). Miss Brill struggl

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