How does Katherine Mansfield use symbols and imagery to depict Miss Meadow’s emotional state throughout the story the singing lesson?
How does Katherine Mansfield use symbols and imagery to depict Miss Meadow’s emotional state throughout the story the singing lesson?
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Katherine Mansfield expertly used symbols and imagery to depict Miss Meadows’s transient mood throughout the story. The author used symbols like the flowers and the fading leaves and the cold and drab weather and so on. She even used contrasting imageries to approach the inner conflict of Miss Meadows. Imageries like the sun versus the cold and drab weather, summer warmth against the cold autumnal weather. The songs played in the classes was also used to portray Miss Meadows. When she was sad and dejected, the song played was a dreary one but after receiving the good news, the song changed into a positive one. Even the initial rejection of the chrysanthemum and finally accepting it showed a change in her mood.
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