Lonely Women According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, "Katherine Mansfield is regarded as one of the masters of the short story" (Columbia). She is known as a talented musician (Columbia). She uses music in her short story "Miss Brill" to help set the stage for the play that is about to begin. In addition to becoming "the first Canadian to win the Canada-Australia Literary Prize in 1977", Alice Munro preferred to write "about women's lives and motivations" (…showed first 75 words of 1443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1443 total…plays and found items to symbolize them back to their plays. Katherine Mansfield added her music, the band, in this story to brighten it up some. Alice Munro obviously centered the story of Prue around a woman because that is what she enjoys writing, and that is why the ending is not as sad for Prue as it was for Miss Brill. Was it even an ending for them both or perhaps a new beginning?