Mrs.Brill
1) Describe the narration used in "Miss Brill"
I believe that there is a few different types of narration used in " Miss Brill " , these types of narration include Limited narration and unreliable narration. I believe these are the two types of narration because the story is often jumbled and you are often not sure if the events in the story are actually taking place because " Mrs Brill" is perceived as senile or somewhat crazy. The naration was unreliable because to me, the story was very misleading and i was never quite sure as to what exactly was going on.
2) How reliable is the narration in "Miss Brill"? What are some clues that the actual events in the story are somewhat different than the narrator's version?
2) How reliable is the narration in "Miss Brill"? What are some clues that the actual events in the story are somewhat different than the narrator's version?
The narration in " Miss Brill " is very unreliable. The story is often mixed up and no one really knows what is happening. One clue which seems like the actual event is different then the narrators version, is in the end when it says " But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying " , i believe this is different because Mrs.Brill doesn't seem like she's in the right sense of mind so she could've thought she heard something crying when it was actually her.
Ps - My answers may not be correct, i found this story rather confusing.
Your answer to #2 is quite solid. I disagree that there are different types of narration being used. The story is told retrospectively from an omniscient 3rd person point of view, using Miss Brill as a reflector character. The fact that she herself seems a bit mad makes the narration somewhat unreliable.
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