How do you see life as you live it? In Katherine Mansfield's short story "Miss Brill", the author appears to tell the story of a woman who merely is an observer of life. Throughout her life Miss Brill sits on the sidelines while watching the game in all its striving, contending, cruelty, and passion. Living her life as a dream hurt Miss Brill in the end, for all her daydreaming and fascinating thoughts began to over run her life.
             The story of "Miss Brill" portrays the life of a woman who lives her life as a scene from a play, and a captive audience. Miss Brill is frozen in time, wearing a ratty fox fur as if she were in the theater instead of seated in her "special seat" in the park on Sunday, observing the scenes played out one after another. Once Miss Brill is in the park she feels she is at the theater watching a play: "They were all on stage. They weren't only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a part and came every Sunday" (434). Miss Brill has a mind set that every Sunday there is a performance in the park that is acted out by many people:
             " Oh how fascinating it was! How she enjoyed it! How she loved sitting here, watching it all! It was like a play," thought Miss Brill, "It was exactly like a play" (432).
             Perhaps it was that Miss Brill was too busy living in the past not realizing that her daydreams were running her life.
             Miss Brill has a possession that plays a significant roll in the story. Even though the fur is not a living character it still plays a significant part for the portrayal of Miss Brill's life. The moment that truly starts forming the story line is when Miss Brill takes out her fur or costume:
             "Dear little thing! It was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of the box that afternoon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the ...