Quote by Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's
But what Kezia liked more than anything, what she liked frightfully, was the lamp. It stood in the middle of the dining-room table, an exquisite little amber lamp with a white globe. It was filled all ready for lighting, though, of course, you couldn't light it. But there was something inside that looked like oil and moved when you shook it. The father and mother dolls, who sprawled very stiff as though they had fainted in the drawing-room, and their two little children asleep upstairs, were really too big for the doll's house. They didn't look as though they belonged. But the lamp was perfect. It seemed to smile at Kezia, to say, 'I live here.' The lamp was real.
Summary
In this quote from the story "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield, the character Kezia is drawn to a lamp in a doll's house. Kezia's fascination with the lamp symbolizes her desire for authenticity and a sense of belonging. Unlike the dolls, which seem out of place in the doll's house, the lamp feels real to Kezia. It represents her connection to the larger world beyond the confines of the miniature house. The lamp provides Kezia with a sense of comfort and reassurance, knowing that even in the small world of the doll's house, something genuine and alive exists.
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Beauty
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