Watcher. In the short story, "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield, the main character, Miss Brill, is developed with the use to symbols and patterns of metaphors. The story is about Miss Brill's routine on Sundays, and how she is interpreting the world around her, and her role in it. The main metaphors that are used are her fur coat, the old people, and her seat. All these metaphors help show that Miss Brill doesn't live …showed first 75 words of 679 total…

…showed last 75 words of 679 total…uses the metaphor of her "special seat" and of a play to symbolize Miss Brill's character, and how she feels that she is fully living life, but actually, she is only watching. Throughout the short story "Miss Brill", by Katherine Mansfield, three important symbols are used to characterize Miss Brill; they are the fur, the old people, and her "special seat". All these show that Miss Brill is a watcher, who experience life through watching.