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soccerdreamer_17

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What explanations might there be for Miss Brills thinking, in the last lineof the story, that she heard something crying?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are the implications of the repeated phrase Safe, safe, safe?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1


  • Miss Brill, who loves her fur as if it were a living pet or companion, is probably capable of thinking it was that little rogue she heard crying over the cruelty of the young couple in the park. Its possible, too, for the reader to believe that Miss Brill actually does hear a sound and that the something crying is herself. Perhaps she has, as Eudora Welty surmises in The Reading and Writing of Short Stories, suffered a defeat that one feels sure . . . is forever (Atlantic Monthly, Feb.Mar. 1949).



Answer to Question 2


  • The narrator hears the house repeat to the ghosts that the treasure is safe, assuring them that the love they shared lives on in the house, transcending the ravages of death and inspiring the present-day couple who live and love in their home.



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