Monday 22 July 2013

Her First Ball - PEEP

Mansfield beautifully portrays a woman's mind and her thoughts on her first ball. She brilliantly magnifies to the readers that how even the most trivial matters make a big deal for the women and depicts how they enjoy the excitement and last minute chaos before the big event. Mansfield highlights Leila's most insignificant and slightest expressions, showing her excitement towards the ball, and the readers are truly amused. Also, scrutinizing how she 'tried not to smile too much' and 'tried not to care' , the readers understand and empathize with Leila's mixed feelings of nervousness, happiness, excitement and anxiousness. 

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