EXPLORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND CLASS CONFLICTS IN KATHERINE MANSFIELD’S "THE DOLL’S HOUSE" (Pages 29-35) by Dr. Thomas. P . S. in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

This paper seeks to analyse Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Doll’s House with regard to human relationships and the conflict between the upper class and the lower class. What seems strange is the fact that the children in the story also behave like adults and show their displeasure at entertaining the lower class kids. The story is very simple and it revolves around a Doll’s house that arrived at the Bernell home. The house was so beautiful and realistic. The Burnell children were happy to show the house to all the children in the school except the Kelveys as they belonged to the lower class. Else and Lil are the Kelvey kids who long to see the house but as their mother is a sevant they are treated very badly by the adults, teachers and the school girls. Finally there is a little love in the Burnell girl Kezia who invites the Kelveys and shows them the house but even her effort is almost in vain as Aunt Beryl scolds Kezia and shoos the kids out of the gate .The gracious nature of the child Kezia is missing the adults.his paper seeks to analyse Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Doll’s House with regard to human relationships and the conflict between the upper class and the lower class. What seems strange is the fact that the children in the story also behave like adults and show their displeasure at entertaining the lower class kids. The story is very simple and it revolves around a Doll’s house that arrived at the Bernell home. The house was so beautiful and realistic. The Burnell children were happy to show the house to all the children in the school except the Kelveys as they belonged to the lower class. Else and Lil are the Kelvey kids who long to see the house but as their mother is a sevant they are treated very badly by the adults, teachers and the school girls. Finally there is a little love in the Burnell girl Kezia who invites the Kelveys and shows them the house but even her effort is almost in vain as Aunt Beryl scolds Kezia and shoos the kids out of the gate .The gracious nature of the child Kezia is missing the adults.Keywords: Class distinctions, conflict, experience, relationships etc.