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a supposed "cure" for her depressed symptoms, becomes, in fact, the catalyst to -2- her entire mental downfall. She h...

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...

A section from this story is analyzed and then considered within the whole story's context in a paper consisting of five pages. T...

In five pages this report discusses Gilman's 1915 novel in terms of tis feminist aspects and the situations that either suppressed...

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 this depression she begins to see things in this wallpaper, a patterned wallpaper, that essentially symbolizes her sense of ent...

into insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In h...

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

reside," with the house representative or symbolic of the society as a whole (Goloversic). If we picture the house as society we ...

and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...

women and have no true knowledge of what life is like in a society with two sexes. These men fall in love, and eventually are kick...

living arrangements (Clinton & Barker-Benfield, 1998). In fact, a student writing on this subject notes that these women were call...

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

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...

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...

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

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

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

This essay is on Kate Chopin's short story "Desiree's Baby." The writer discusses the plot charter, metaphor and symbolism used by...

outside of this reality. Prior to focusing on these elements within the story it is imperative that a person understand the Vict...

to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyzes her emotions. She learns from years of fighting those bottled up emotions that s...

A paper which discusses the life, work and theories of the writer Charlotte Gilman, and looks specifically at the role of feminism...

was lived during her time. Her work deals a large amount with the oppressiveness women felt within their married lives and their d...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

those around her surely believe that she loves her husband and is grieved by the news. The characters slowly approach her, planni...

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles...There were only Creoles that s...