"The Doll's House" Essay
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A contributing factor to the story "The Doll's House" by Katherine
Mansfield is the characterization of Kezia as she travels in her innocence
through the symbolic world of experience. Kezia is essential to the plot
because she represents a taboo, offering opposition to common ways of
thinking. Thr ....
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.... unadorned lamp. Kezia proceeds to find fault with the state
and proportions of the doll's house and perfection with the lamp in its
simplicity. As others take interests in the gaudy nature of the house,
Kezia rebels: "But the lamp was perfect. It seemed to smile at Kezia, to
say `I live here.' The lamp was so real."
Conflict intensifies as Kezia remains the odd ball. The appreciation of
the lamp is a metaphor for the actions to come. Kezia likes the lamp
because she does not know any be ....
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