The Sad Case of Miss Brill

In Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill, the title character seems to be in a rather pathetic and sad state.  She goes to the park every Sunday, as a tradition, and simply watches the people.  She observes random interactions throughout the park, and even has a band to animate the actions with music.  But as the story goes on, it is apparent that this woman is in a lonely state of mind the forces her to look for some kind of companionship.  She mentally tried to convince herself that she belonged to the community when she compared them to an acting company.  She even thought to herself, "No doubt somebody would have noticed if [I] hadn't been there; [I] [am] part of the performance after all," (Mansfield, 185).  She is desperate to create the illusion for herself that people want her around.  She always takes a fur coat that still has the eyes of the animal, and talks to it as if it is a member of the audience.   Towards the end, she overhears two teenagers talking about how sad and weird she looks.  This prompts her to leave, pass her favorite bakery, and cry in her home.  Miss Brill wanted desperately to belong to the imaginary acting company, but she was stuck being part of the audience.