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The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

Marriage in the 19th Century According to Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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 ...

Literature and Social Conflict

In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Madness and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...

Suicide as a Result of Betrayal and Loss of Trust

In seven pages this paper is written from the point of view of a person who attempted suicide despite family members' belligerance...

History and Literature

In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...

Literary Sense of Time and Place

In five pages the images of time and place are explored in 'The White Heron' by Sarah Orne Jewett, 'My Antonia' by Willa Cather, '...

Sanity and insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...

Reflections of the Storyteller and Author in The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In five pages this paper discusses how in The Yellow Wallpaper the storyteller reflects author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Three so...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and its Themes

faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...

Making a Difference Through Storytelling

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

Symbolism in The Yellow Wallpaper

saved by a friend and turned to writing which greatly changed her entire perspective, giving her "some measure of power" (Gilman [...

Men and Women in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Woman in the Dunes”

that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she firs...

Yellow Wallpaper and Hysteria

developed during this time, as madness was associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause. The womb itself was deemed ...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Use of Setting

it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....

Women in Yellow Wallpaper and The Changeling

lesser creatures than men. In relationship to medical science, which involves Gilmans story a great deal, one author notes how, "I...

Women’s Writing and Male Domination

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

The Yellow Wallpaper and Its Impact on the Narrator

and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...

The Repression of Women in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

research paper on Gilmans "The Yellow Wallpaper". I have chosen this story primarily because of its aesthetic interest to me, in t...

Early Feminist Literature - An Examination of Themes

to emerge in the stories to be analyzed. The first major theme to emerge in the stories to be analyzed is the effect of power ineq...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Paragraph Analysis to 'Provoke Study'

life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. It is dull enough to confuse the eye in followin...

Gender, 19th Century Medicine and "The Yellow Wallpaper"

How patriarchy influenced the treatment of women in the 19th century is the focus of this analytical paper based on Charlotte Perk...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - A Feminist Transformation

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The differences in perspective between "The Yellow Wallpa...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This essay pertain to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." The writer discusses plot, metaphor, s...

Charlotte Perkins Gillman: Women in Victorian Times

This 6 page paper gives an analysis of the story the Yellow Wallpaper. This paper includes comparisons from Gillman's own life a...

Six Short Stories, Summary and Analyses

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

Annotated Bibliography on Ethics and 'Yellow Journalism'

ABC-TV news found itself in hot water by reporting that Israels Benjamin Netanyahu had called then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin a ...

Analysis of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

She is never allowed any control over her environment or her circumstances. Her opinions are always discounted by her husband. Whe...

'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

narrator opens her journal entries with a brief description of her new location, i.e., that her family has rented "ancestral halls...