Katherine Mansfield A Cup of Tea Essay

I re solelyy like A cupful of Tea a lot. It, among different things, does a brilliant job of depicting matrimonial jealousy and insecurity. Our subscribe character is a very wealthy young fair sex, Rosemary, seemingly recently married. Her cadence is largely taken up with looking for looks to spend money. As the story opens she has just bought a small niche in an exquisite shop, the cost is round six months pay for an ordinary working man of the time Rosemary has been reading Dostoevsky lately and when she is approached by a very bedraggled looking young woman asking for the price of a cup of tea she is at first effectuate off alone then she decides to have a bit of an adventure. She invites the girl to come home with her.The girl is so sharp-set she overcomes her fear at talking with well-nighone so far above her station in tone and agrees to go with Rosemary. So Rosemary takes her home feeling a triumph as she nets a unforesightful captive. Its evident that Rosemary is just playing with a prey like a retch does.Now, I got you. Rosemary is longing to be generous and is going to prove that as Mansfield writes wonderful things do happen in life, in the life of the upper class, to which Rosemary is a fine example, and it seems that the only things she cares about are her feelings and amusement. After they arrive at the house the action starts in Rosemarys bedroom.Mansfield is act to underline Rosemarys status the fire leaping on her wonderful lacquer article of furniture, gold cushions all these things dazed the forgetful girl. Rosemary on her part was very relaxed and gay she lit a cigarette instead of taking proper care of Miss Smith. By the way her concern is not even mentioned yet, like its of no importance at all. We can come about the girl on the brink of the psychological despair. Rosemary cant face the reality the poor as it is Rosemary Fell sees everything in rose-coloured spectacles, through the filter of the upper class society.And it looks if not wacky then quite an sad. But after the marvelous meal our creature transforms into something undeniably attractive thin creature, a kind of sweet languor. And for Rosemary its high time to begin. Instead of asking her name or other decent question Rosemarys firstly was interested in her meal, it is quite impolite. The Philip enters, smiling his charming smile and asks his wife to come in to the library. He requires explanations from his wife, learning that the girl is as Rosemary says a real pick up that Rosemary wanted to be nice to her. Philip guesses what is all about shows his remonstrance against the idea it simply cant be done. And then he uses his sober artillery calls miss Smith so astonishingly pretty.He knows it will do some harm to his wife. These words immediately heat jealousy in Rosemarys veins up. Pretty? Do you think that? and she could back up blushing. Shes absolutely lovely Rosemary looses her temper. She recollects his words over and over. And all leads to the phrasal idiom Miss Smith wont dine with us tonight. Rosemary is eager to adjudge her husbands attention. Rosemary seems to be so distant from poverty but on the other hand she doesnt have anything really valuable, like a basement to lead such first-class life in this world no taste, no wish to see the world in the raw, sometimes no manners, and perhaps even no prettiness.Thats why she is trying to have things and do things which would help to retain the status like knowing more about the poor and having beautiful things to be associated with. To put in a nutshell the story is reach in different stylistic devices and I think conveys a distinct and valuable message. The story, A Cup of Tea tells us how nation show generosity to people whom they consider their inferior. People do so partly to show off their superiority to the poorer beings. Generosity in most cases is only to satisfy ones ego. The story shows how generosity and benevolence evaporates when the object of disgrace goes against ones self interest, ego and vanity.