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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...

Gender Differences in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In six pages the social treatment of women is examined within the context of this story in an exploration of plot, characterizatio...

'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and J.C. Gardner's Grendel

In five pages Gilman's story and Gardner's novel are compared and contrasted with the focus being upon the protagonist's position ...

Student Papers and Interpretations of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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...

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...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman/The Yellow Wallpaper

A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...

Character Influences in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and John Updike's 'A & P'

excitement in the place. It is not necessarily a nurturing environment for one who wants something more out of life than to be a b...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman

call on the point of her physician-husband (Brooks ppg) The narrator tells us: "John is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not sa...

A Reading of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”

a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...

Insanity in Literature

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

Insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

a dutiful wife, but there is clearly no connection between the two, and in this one can see one of the most powerful foundations f...

Pariarchy and the Repression of Women: Reflections in Literature

Mrs. Mallards husband. She describes the "sudden wild abandonment" (Chopin 394) that Louise Mallard felt upon hearing this news. ...

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 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...

American Literature: Realism

one could present. In Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper her story, which is fictional, is actually based largely on her own experienc...

The Impact of Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper

is happening to her, but yet she heeds his advice and rules nonetheless because she was a good and dutiful wife. But, she knows sh...

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 [...

Yellow Wallpaper and Hysteria

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

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...

Female Protagonists in Chopin, Wharton, and Gilman

such endeavors she discovers that this is not the case. She tries to escape through passion, but finds that she is still a woman i...

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...

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...

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...

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...