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

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 ...

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...

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

that females should function in subordinate and often demeaning roles in comparison with men (Readers Companion to American Histor...

Ushers ultimate fall. "[The house had] an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from t...

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

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

lesser creatures than men. In relationship to medical science, which involves Gilmans story a great deal, one author notes how, "I...

and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...

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 ...

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...

In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

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, '...

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...

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...

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

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...

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

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...

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

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