Essays 61 - 90
This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...
This 6 page paper gives an analysis of the story the Yellow Wallpaper. This paper includes comparisons from Gillman's own life a...
wallpaper. The wallpaper can be said to have a dual symbolism. The wallpaper itself can be said to be representative of her mind....
upon her every which way she may turn, reminding her that because she is of the female gender and not of the most prominent of soc...
to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
loves to write, and obviously sneaks off to do because we are reading about it. Writing is her passion and while it is seen as an ...
and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depress...
world that she is a success. This character then stands as a powerful example of women from that era who were given few choices b...
reside," with the house representative or symbolic of the society as a whole (Goloversic). If we picture the house as society we ...
in this depression she begins to see things in this wallpaper, a patterned wallpaper, that essentially symbolizes her sense of ent...
to see that it is just the opposite, for she needs intellectual stimulation, something other than marriage and motherhood to help ...
She is never allowed any control over her environment or her circumstances. Her opinions are always discounted by her husband. Whe...
content nor particularly happy with her lot in life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost...
was lived during her time. Her work deals a large amount with the oppressiveness women felt within their married lives and their d...
that females should function in subordinate and often demeaning roles in comparison with men (Readers Companion to American Histor...
Ushers ultimate fall. "[The house had] an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from t...
that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...
agriculture, weeds cause a reduction of 12% in crop yields or, in economic terms, about $36 billion in crop production annually, b...
are similar, but Rothkos colors do not seem as brilliant or vivid. There is a sense that Rothkos was clearly painted with a brush,...
In five pages 19th century marriage and the woman's role within it are examined in a comparison of Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an ...
In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...
This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...
no nurturing. Neither story has a good ending, but the characters do emerge somewhat enlightened. Candide takes a very differen...
not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...
room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...
Mrs. Mallards husband. She describes the "sudden wild abandonment" (Chopin 394) that Louise Mallard felt upon hearing this news. ...
In seven pages this paper is written from the point of view of a person who attempted suicide despite family members' belligerance...