1.

The author of the story and typical details of his/her creative work; who the story
is told by.
The text I'm going to analyze is called "A Cup of Tea", authored by Katherine Mansfield.
The story comes from the author himself, who tells about the character of Rosemary Fell, a rich
and wayward woman trying to "help" a poor girl to satisfy her inner temper. Vanity is visible,
in no other way.
2. The title of the story.
The title of the story complements the whole essence of the story well. In my opinion, a
cup of tea is like an excuse from the main character Rosemary to a poor girl in order to use her
to their advantage. The main characters have their own thinking, why and for what they are
going to drink this tea.
3. The subject or theme of the story.
The theme of the story is very interesting; in short, the main theme of the story is low
self-esteem and false feelings of the main character. The main thing is her actions, with which
she tries to change something. At the same time, women have one feeling that can destroy
everyone, its jealousy.
4. The plot of the story and four compositional parts; the order of events.
The plot of this story comes from the author, about Rosemary Fell, a rich lady whose
character we see from the beginning of the story. Katherine Mansfield described very well that
in front of us is a lady, not very attractive in appearance, but from high society who is
desperately trying to compensate for her failure as a beauty with interest. The author does not
describe anywhere that she is stupid and vain. But this is already evident when she tried to
create a fuss around herself, using poor Miss Smith for this. In the beginning, she wanted to buy
an expensive jewelry box, but since it was very expensive, she decided to compensate it with a
blessing so that everyone around her would discuss her wise and generous act. To achieve this,
she picked up Miss Smith from the street, cold and hungry, in order to help her, Rosemary
invited her to her house to "drink" tea. If you look closely, Rosemary wanted to invite this girl
to dinner after a cup of tea, the evidence should have been in her hands to brag to the whole
society about her generosity. And at this moment, Philip, Rosemary's husband, appears, who at
the beginning did not understand why there was a stranger at his house. After what he heard
from his wife, Philip hurried to do a hasty act. Namely, that he found something attractive in
Miss Smith. He said, like, that she was pretty, and of course Rosemary, his "wife", didn't like it.
Rosemary gave Miss Smith the money and escorted her outside. On the same night, she
replaced the tramp trinket with that expensive casket, which she could not find at the beginning
of the story.
5. The characters and the ways of characterization; the means of description.
The author in this story speaks on behalf of the main character. There are only three
characters in this story; they are Rosemary Fell, Miss Smith and of course Philip - Rosemary's
husband. The author carefully describes the main character Rosemary, rather than the rest in
this story. Rosemary Fell, a capricious and vain person who exalts herself at the expense of
poor people, which is Miss Smith, a girl who just wanted to keep warm. Philip is the man who
knows how to control Rosemary in any situation, proves that he is not so simple either. A few
words of praise about an unknown girl made his wife's nerves tickle. I think all three of them
have their own zest, because it's what makes them special.
6. The mood or tone of the story.
This story doesn’t make a particularly good impression on the reader. To be more
specific, this is an aversion to rich people. Of course, many people will take note of something
from this story, but it is the rich who are associated very negatively. Another feeling is pity for
Miss Smith, a young and defenseless girl who just wanted to get warm and eat.
7. The style of the story, stylistic devices.
The author uses some special stylistic devices:
There are imperatives: (“Come and sit down.” “Don’t cry.” “Do stop crying.” “Kiss
me.”)
In the dialogues between Rosemary and Mrs. Smith there are a lot of questions (“Would
you let me have the price of a cup tea?” “A cup of tea? Then have you no money at all?”)
Mrs. Smith uses polite requests such as:
“May I speak to you a moment?”
“Would you let me have the price of a cup of tea?”
Exclamations are used by Rosemary to express her ideas: (“Charming!”“How
extraordinary!”)
There is a repetition: (Pretty! Absolutely lovely! Pretty! Lovely!), pauses which
introduced by suspension marks, dash, fill-ups (oh, er, well ats.) and of course there are a lot of
adjectives (beautiful, cruel, stumpy, little, shy)
8. The attitude of the reader.
It was not difficult to read this story, because its language is very expressive and at the
same time quite simple. It does not contain any special terms or complex constructions. And all
this makes the story interesting to read. The story is quite instructive. The author draws our
attention to the fact that we must be honest in our intentions. Sincerity is the most important
part of a person. The author also teaches the reader to be a decent person, no matter whether
you are rich or poor.
9. The idea of the story.
The idea of this story contains a lot. For example, Katherine Mansfield, our author,
described every moment in great detail, because this story can happen to anyone in real life and
in any society. The inequality of rich and poor is detailed here, but at the same time, the
feelings of people. If one rich lady did not satisfy her desires, another lady achieved something
that she did not even dream of. Yes, every poor person needs such a reversal of events in life.
The author makes it clear to us that every person should be sincere in their affairs and it is not
necessary to be vain, so that the whole people would talk about you. Sincerity is such a precious
thing in our world. Not everyone can show it, and some don't even have it.