Question
A Cup of Tea
by Katherine Mansfield
Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No, you couldn't have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well, if you took her to pieces. But why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young, brilliant, extremely modern, exquisitely well dressed, amazingly well read in the newest of the new books, and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and. artists-quaint creatures, discoveries of hers, some of them too terrifying for words, but others quite presentable and amusing.
Rosemary had been married two years. She had a duck of a boy. No, not Peter-Michael. And her husband absolutely adored her. They were rich, really rich, not just comfortably well off, which is odious and stuffy and sounds like one's grandparents. But if Rosemary wanted to shop she would go to Paris as you and I would go to Bond Street. If she wanted to buy flowers, the car pulled up at that perfect shop in Regent Street, and Rosemary inside the shop just gazed in her dazzled, rather exotic way, and said: "I want those and those and those. Give me four bunches of those. And that jar of roses. Yes, I'll have all the roses in the jar. No, no lilac. I hate lilac. It's got no shape." The attendant bowed and put the lilac out of sight, as though this was only too true; lilac was dreadfully shapeless. "Give me those stumpy little tulips. Those red and white ones." And she was followed to the car by a thin shop girl staggering under an immense white paper armful that looked like a baby in long clothes.
Use the excerpt from the beginning of "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield to answer the question.
Why would Rosemary be considered a complex character?
(1 point)
The story is told from Rosemary's point of view to allow her thoughts and feelings to be the main perspective.
Rosemary observes her surroundings in a way that makes the cultural and historical context clear.
Rosemary has complicated thoughts and motivations about the choices she makes.
The story has two main characters. but is mainly about Rosemary, who is present throughout the story.
by Katherine Mansfield
Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No, you couldn't have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well, if you took her to pieces. But why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young, brilliant, extremely modern, exquisitely well dressed, amazingly well read in the newest of the new books, and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and. artists-quaint creatures, discoveries of hers, some of them too terrifying for words, but others quite presentable and amusing.
Rosemary had been married two years. She had a duck of a boy. No, not Peter-Michael. And her husband absolutely adored her. They were rich, really rich, not just comfortably well off, which is odious and stuffy and sounds like one's grandparents. But if Rosemary wanted to shop she would go to Paris as you and I would go to Bond Street. If she wanted to buy flowers, the car pulled up at that perfect shop in Regent Street, and Rosemary inside the shop just gazed in her dazzled, rather exotic way, and said: "I want those and those and those. Give me four bunches of those. And that jar of roses. Yes, I'll have all the roses in the jar. No, no lilac. I hate lilac. It's got no shape." The attendant bowed and put the lilac out of sight, as though this was only too true; lilac was dreadfully shapeless. "Give me those stumpy little tulips. Those red and white ones." And she was followed to the car by a thin shop girl staggering under an immense white paper armful that looked like a baby in long clothes.
Use the excerpt from the beginning of "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield to answer the question.
Why would Rosemary be considered a complex character?
(1 point)
The story is told from Rosemary's point of view to allow her thoughts and feelings to be the main perspective.
Rosemary observes her surroundings in a way that makes the cultural and historical context clear.
Rosemary has complicated thoughts and motivations about the choices she makes.
The story has two main characters. but is mainly about Rosemary, who is present throughout the story.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Rosemary would be considered a complex character because she has complicated thoughts and motivations about the choices she makes. The excerpt reveals elements of her personality that go beyond surface-level traits; she is young, modern, and social, yet her interactions with others and her preferences (such as her disdain for lilac and desire for certain flowers) hint at deeper layers of her character, such as her values and how she perceives beauty and excellence. This complexity indicates that her outward actions and societal status may disguise more profound internal conflicts or desires, making her a multi-dimensional character.