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of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...
The ways in which female protagonists are controlled by men are discussed in a comparative analysis of these literary works consis...
In five pages this paper examines the nightmare states evoked by hallucinogenic symbolism in these two works that blur the line be...
In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...
really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency--what is one to do? My brother i...
and brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
to see that it is just the opposite, for she needs intellectual stimulation, something other than marriage and motherhood to help ...
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)....
life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. It is dull enough to confuse the eye in followin...
How patriarchy influenced the treatment of women in the 19th century is the focus of this analytical paper based on Charlotte Perk...
This essay pertain to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." The writer discusses plot, metaphor, s...
A section from this story is analyzed and then considered within the whole story's context in a paper consisting of five pages. T...
well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...
insanity, as she becomes progressively obsessed with the rooms wallpaper, its "sprawling, flamboyant patterns committing every art...
to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...
and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...
a supposed "cure" for her depressed symptoms, becomes, in fact, the catalyst to -2- her entire mental downfall. She h...
"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...
A paper which argues that although Gilman's narrative is primarily concerned with the oppression of women leading to mental deteri...
on her by her "captors." Because of the role of her own husband in her loss of freedom and the impact of societal perceptions on ...
and claims to be overtired, although she seems to be able to write some thousand words at a stretch. In this first section she als...
In five pages this story's 5th section is analyzed in terms of the wallpaper symbolism, what it projects, and how it relates to th...
In five pages Gilman's story and Gardner's novel are compared and contrasted with the focus being upon the protagonist's position ...
In five pages, the author's employment of voice, imagery, and gender themes are considered....
faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...
In five pages this paper discusses how in The Yellow Wallpaper the storyteller reflects author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Three so...
In six pages the social treatment of women is examined within the context of this story in an exploration of plot, characterizatio...