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This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...
"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...
In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...
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...
and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depress...
In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...
a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...
how the sane are seen as insane. Once a person is in such an institution it seems as though they are automatically pegged as insan...
Jonathan Swift's satiric work A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth provides ...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
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...
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...
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...
to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...
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 brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...
a male, well, a male. There is no arguing with biological facts and figures in this context. However, having stated that, it is al...
part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...
It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...
in pay and in intimate relationships, is a fundamental part of feminist thinking; it is equality in personal relationships that wi...
"Dont worry your pretty little head about it" and sending her to bed with milk and cookies. He treats her like a child. We also b...
it does not suggest that the reader become formally involved with the story. She (or he) need only read and "listen" to Gilmans wo...
Mrs. Mallards husband. She describes the "sudden wild abandonment" (Chopin 394) that Louise Mallard felt upon hearing this news. ...
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...
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...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
to see that it is just the opposite, for she needs intellectual stimulation, something other than marriage and motherhood to help ...