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Yellow Chrysanthemum
The yellow chrysanthemum in “The Singing Lesson” symbolizes youthful joy. Each day at the start of class, star music student Mary Beazley gives Miss Meadows a flower, and on the day of the story, it’s…
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Ostrich Feather Boa
Miss Meadows’s ostrich feather boa—which evokes the myth of ostriches burying their heads in the sand rather than running from danger—symbolizes her stubborn commitment to what is clearly a disastrous engagement. Mansfield describes many…
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