The doll's house

• Author of the doll's house

  Katherine Mansfield
• Author's date of birth

  October 15, 1888
• Author's death


  January 9, 1923 (34 years old)
• Author's place of birth

  Wellington, New Zealand
• Author's place of death


  Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France
• Author's father


  Harold Beauchump
• Author's mother


  Annie Burnell Beauchump
• A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden

  Carter
• an act of sacking somebody (= dismissing them from their job)

  Firing, terminating, dismissing

  Sacking
• is a clear transparent hard protective coating or film

  Varnish
• short for door knocker.

  Knocker
• a fence made from pointed wooden or metal stakes.

  Paling
• (especially of an old person) active; lively; Graceful, agile, lively, active

  Spry
• a person who is or has been in prison, especially a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly. (Captive, jailbird, prisoner)

  Gaolbird
• attracting notice or attention. (Noticeable, prominent, obvious, )


  Conspicuous
• a woman in charge of a post office.

  PostMistress
• a forked bone (the furcula) between the neck and breast of a bird. According to a popular custom, this bone from a cooked bird is broken by two people, with the holder of the longer portion being entitled to make a wish.

  Wishbone
• a stroller for a baby or young child. // a small motor vehicle, typically with an open top. // a light, horse-drawn vehicle for one or two people, with two or four wheels. (Stroller, pram, crib)

  Buggy
• a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. Pinafores may be worn as a decorative garment or as a protective apron.

  pinafore
• causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre. (Terrifying, frightening, horrible, scary)

  Ghastly
• covered with tar. (Smeared, soiled, sullied)

  Tarred
• feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment. (Ashamed, embarrassed)

  Shamefaced
• unable to think or react properly; bewildered. (confused)

  Dazed
• walk about casually or needlessly. //walk or move wearily or reluctantly.

  Traipsing
• smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner. (Grin, scoff, taunt)

  sneer
• give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle. (Snicker, cackle)

  Titter
• climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet.

  Clambered
• to stop (something) from falling or slipping by placing something under or against it.

  prop up
• The symbolism of the lamp


  the ideas of connection and inclusivity
• Symbolism of the white gates

  The Burnell’s class superiority, physically separating them from poor outsiders.
• Symbolism of the doll's house


   A symbol of the Burnell family’s societal position.
• How was the doll house described?

  • as a dark, oily, spinach green, picked out with bright yellow. Its two solid little chimneys, glued onto the roof, were painted red and white, and the door, gleaming with yellow varnish, was like a little slab of toffee. Four windows, real windows, were divided into panes by a broad streak of green. There’s also a tiny porch, too painted yellow with big lumps of congealed paint hanging along the edge.
• What object did Kezia notice and thought was the best part of it?

  The oil lamp
• Who were the two girls that hadn't got the chance to see the doll house?

  Lil and Else Kelvey
• Who were the first two girls that Isabel chose to see the house for the 1st time?

  Emmie Cole and Lena Logan
• Why do the children, the Burnell's included can't talk to the Kelvey's?

  They're the poorest kids at school, they are the daughters of the village's washerwoman and it was rumored that their father was in prison.
• Themes of the doll's house


  Innocence and cruelty, Provincialism and pretense, and talking vs silence
• Author's spouse?


  John Middletown Murry