"The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield
Who is described using animal images?
why is it significant and what does it represent?
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why is it significant and what does it represent?
The Kelveys are described with animal images. The images serve as a symbol of their alienation from society.
Else: “a littlewhite owl”.
The girls move “like two little stray cats”.
Beryl shoos the girls away “as if they were chickens."
Beryl thinks of them as “little rats.”