Describe the garden of the Sheridan family.

Ans. In Katherine Mansfield’s short story, the garden of the Sheridan family is a mark of their social status. It is a lovely garden well-maintained by a gardener. It reminds us of the beautiful garden in Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Selfish Giant’. The trimmed garden is covered with green lawns and exotic flowers. It is bursting with beautiful daisies and hundreds of magnificent roses. The grass and the dark flat rosettes form the background for the blooming daisies. The karaka trees in the garden are the only native trees of New Zealand. They look lovely, with their broad, gleaming leaves and clusters of yellow fruit. But they are blocked out by the marquee. The garden is spacious enough to fit a tennis court, a small band and a large tent for the luxurious party. The story opens in the garden. The garden has been pictured as an earthly paradise where everything is well-arranged. It resembles the Biblical Garden of Eden where innocence reigns. Symbolically, it stands for Laura’s innocence and the celebration of beauty.

Describe the atmosphere as presented in ‘The Garden Party’.

You’ll have to go, Laura; you are the artistic one. – Who says this? Where will Laura have to go? What is the context of the speech? Why will Laura have to go?

Good morning, she said, copying her mother’s voice. – Who is ‘she’? Why did she copy her mother’s voice? Why did she stammer? What made her recover?

Describe the setting of The Garden Party

Explore the symbolism of the Sheridan family’s garden in the story.

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