Bliss

Katherine Mansfield’s “Bliss” is a very beautifully modulated short story that gives us an insight into the mind of a young woman Bertha. Bertha the innocently happy wife in a moment of horrified insight recognizes her successful rival. Bertha is suddenly aware that she had been living in a world of illusion and finds herself in the world of experience. Bertha Young the main protagonist of the short story “Bliss” is a thirty-year-old beautiful …showed first 75 words of 525 total…

…showed last 75 words of 525 total…the beautiful world she has created. At the end of the story she is heartbroken and in a state of despair. The entire foundation of her bliss is shattered by her husband’s act of infidelity. TO her nothing matters anymore. The entire edifice on which she has erected her life has been shattered. It’s a very shocking and painful story and through this shock and pain, she steps into the world of experience.