CHARACTER OF KEZIA

Ans: Kezia, the youngest daughter of the three Burnell children, is the unsung protagonist of the story Doll's House by Katherine Mansfield. The writer has profoundly characterized Kezia in this story. She is full of innocence under the symbolic reality of experience. She represents herself as an independent girl who always opposes the convention of thinking, social rule. Through the portrayal of such a character, writer symbolically tries to present the blind justification of social conformity /conflict. As the story starts, we are told that while two of her elder sisters admire the beauty realistic elements like bed, its sheet, red carpet etc of a gifted doll's house, Kezia's attention goes to a rather simple lamp. It reveals her innocence, impeccability. She tries to find out the faults of the house and perfection with its lamp. Only she loves the lamp while other two sisters give no importance to it. 

            She always goes against social convention. she displays it again when she decides to become friend with Kelvey children who are looked down upon, ignored, underestimated by all because Kelveys belong to a Poor and lower class washerwoman mother and convict father. Kezia challenges others' way of behaviour and asks her mother "Can't I ask the Kelveys was just once?". She is against the social conflict. And ultimately Kezia gets the chance and invites the Kelvey girls inside their house to show their doll's house. She disregards the tradition of society, fear of getting rebuked by elders, thoughts imposed on her by society. Thus Kezia establishes herself as a girl of independent mind, rational thoughts, and purity of heart.