One may often refer to a specific event, place, or instance in time, as either heaven or hell on earth. This has become a common phrase in today’s society, but many may argue its true meaning, and what heaven or hell on earth really represents or symbolizes. What qualities or characteristics ultimately decide whether something can be considered heaven, or its opposite, hell? The phrase itself is more metaphorical than literal, comparing both euphoric and joyful experiences, and dangerous and destructive experiences to the two divine realms of heaven and hell. In the short story The Garden Party, Katherine Mansfield successfully symbolizes, personifies and displays heaven and hell on earth, and their ultimate human interaction through the story’s setting, characters, and events which take place.
The contrast between the Sheridan residence and the poverty stricken neighbourhood of cottages below is quite evident and distinct. When one is introduced to the Sheridan residence, it is......
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