Protagonists of Manfields Miss Brill and Joyces Eveline - 1100 Words

Female Protagonists of Manfield's "Miss Brill" and Joyce's â€Å"Eveline.† (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: NameTutorCourseDateCompare and Contrast the Female Protagonists of Manfield's "Miss Brill" and Joyce's Eveline.The essay discusses the differences and similarities of Protagonists of Manfield's "Miss Brill" and Joyce's Eveline. Both the two are great characters to compare. The two authors lived in the same period. The Katherine Mansfield lived between 1988 and 1923 while James Joyce lived between 1982 and 1941 (Joyce 24). Both the authors are masters of the stream of consciousness writing. Miss Brill appears in the Mansfields short story, Garden Party and Other Stories, while Eveline appears in Dubliners, Joyce best short story (Shaup 224).Miss Brill is an old English woman living in a small apartment in France. She only communicates to the school children and his companion. When visiting the park on Sunday, Brill feels as if she is part of the community. However, she does not concur well with the boy and girl talk. She appears like an old fool and outdated person (S haup 227). Conversely, Eveline is a girl full of desperation from his brutal father. She is weary of her dull job. Her boyfriend Frank, a sailor, offers her escape from the treadmill of Dublin. She hopes to enjoy a new life and happy marriage. However, she is nervous of her lover uncertainty (Joyce 27).Both Eveline and Miss Brill have similarities as a female protagonist. First, the symbolism of their names in both passages. The dictionary meaning of the word Brill is a deep-sea flatfish. Her moth-eaten fur piece is labeled fried whiting. The fur piece she identifies herself with resembles fish. She is a lonely lady who is empty inside. Therefore, she is consumed by her solitude characters (Shaup 227). Similarly, Eveline symbolizes the evening. It is a stage when the darkness is approaching indicating inertia and lifelessness. Her escape symbolizes her wrong choice to escape into the darkness. She lacks the courage to face the new life in Irish. She fears the reality of the harsh so cial conditions. She endures spiritual emptiness and lacks moral hope thereby rendering her unable to make positive changes in life. The characters describe her as suffering from Irish paralysis (Merton 36).Secondly, both the characters are partly responsible for their tragedies. First, Miss Brill appears as a self-centered person. She describes other people as odd and coming from cupboards or dark little rooms. However, she faces reality in the course of her life. In life, every person has to play her part. It is true that the community cannot isolate her since she is part of it. Miss Brill understands this but remains lonely. She fails to communicate completely with other people in the society. She disregards other people. Miss Brill develops a bad character of overhearing other people talks. However much the community also fails, she is the mastermind of it (Shaup 231). Similarly, Eveline is the cause of her woes. Her desire to escape is instigated by her brutal father and the mo thers death. She does not follow the promise of taking care of her younger brothers and keeping the house orderly. The promise of better life makes her forget her brothers and the Father. However, she escapes to a life full of uncertainty. She is nervous about the life, but she does not care much. She becomes paralyzed mentally to make a choice between her boyfriend and staying with her brutal father. She is unable to make decisions independently. Finally, she clings to the iron railing like a helpless animal. She even does not know whether she loves her boyfriend or not (Joyce 37). Lastly, both Eveline and Miss Brill reflects the authors mental state during the time they wrote the story. Miss Brill story was published in 1922 just one year before Mansfields death. The Author was born in New Zealand and spent most of her time in Europe. She endured miscarriage, unfortunate marriage, and several diseases. The suffering led her to very critical about life realities. However, she contr acted a sexually transmitted disease. The diseases tormented her life in addition to her brothers death. In her final years, she stayed alone on her bedroom. Therefore, she became more isolated from the people (Shaup 238). Her mental state prompted her to create Miss Brill character. Similarly, James Joyce wrote about Eveline during the long England governance and the oppression of the Roman Catholic Church. At that time, Ireland was a monotonous, entrapment and backward country. Joyce was not happy with the disappointments. She chose to escape with Nora, his wife, to other countries after completion of Eveline. Both authors are the psychological archetype for the two characters (Merton 38). However, the two characters differ in how they face realities of their background values of life. Miss Brill does not accept the reality that she is poor. She wears a fur coat to appear like a rich person. The coat gives her confidence to fit into the rich people culture. She struggles to fit in a culture that is different from her background (Shaup 234). Contrary, Eveline accepts the reality of her poor family conditions. She led...

How This Forté Fellow is Blazing Her Trail in Tech

This interview is the latest in an Accepted blog series featuring interviews with business students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top programs. And now, introducing Andrea Caralis†¦Ã‚   Accepted: Wed like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Andrea: I grew up in Detroit, Michigan and spent four amazing years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where I studied Finance at the Farmer School of Business and ran the Club Field Hockey Team. I was raised in a Greek family and grew up performing on stage and playing sports. After undergrad, I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I began an amazing career at PNC Bank. Accepted: Your work has been focused on FX. How will an MBA help you achieve your long-term career goals? Andrea:  Ã¢â‚¬Å"Growing up† on a trading floor gave me the opportunity to develop many transferable skills, all of which align with my future career goals in tech. The FX world is a fast-paced work environment where things change on a minute by minute basis, it is extremely cross-functional, and every day I was using data to drive custom revenue generating solutions for clients. My favorite part of the job was interacting with my corporate clients, nothing made me happier than to give them the best experience, and the most creative solutions to their problems. As my industry became more disrupted by technology, I realized I was passionate about embracing these changes and learned how to continue to drive revenue in a challenging and more digital world. I am now working toward my MBA to help dive deeper into the Tech industry and plan to leverage my blend of Finance, Sales Marketing, and Strategic thinking skills within the Tech industry. Accepted: You are currently attending Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. What year are you? Andrea:  I am a first year MBA at Tepper, graduating May 2019. Accepted: Why did you choose that program? 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As an MBA Fortà © Fellow, I am passionate about promoting women in business and allied partnerships. As a woman who has always been in a male-dominated industry, I am excited to be a part of a community of trailblazers. The Fortà © Foundation’s career conference in June of this past summer was also an amazing gateway to some of the top employers, and I was lucky to build strong connections and internship potential opportunity prior to my MBA program starting. Accepted: Looking back at the application process, did you experience any challenges? How did you overcome them? Andrea:  The application process challenged me in ways I hadn’t expected, it forced me to look at myself, my past accomplishments, and articulate why this next step was so important. If there is a word that describes me, it would be scrappy. I hustled by networking, taking the GMAT multiple times, and working to put my best application in front of the admissions teams. 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