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

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

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that ...

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...

no nurturing. Neither story has a good ending, but the characters do emerge somewhat enlightened. Candide takes a very differen...

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

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

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...

the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...

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

in 1892, tells the story of a woman who is diagnosed with a psychological disorder and is subjected to the prevailing treatments o...

This paper consists of 5 pages and considers women that did not faithfully follow the rules of the social patriarchy such as the h...

in charge of the farm by her father when he dies. The farm is not left to her brothers or to Alexandrias mother but to her. The st...

marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...

In two pages this essay analyzes an individual's social role and the gender stratification theories of author Charlotte Perkins Gi...