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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

"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...

to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...

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...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

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...

In five pages this paper examines the nightmare states evoked by hallucinogenic symbolism in these two works that blur the line be...

The ways in which female protagonists are controlled by men are discussed in a comparative analysis of these literary works consis...

really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency--what is one to do? My brother i...

In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...

to see that it is just the opposite, for she needs intellectual stimulation, something other than marriage and motherhood to help ...

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

A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

excitement in the place. It is not necessarily a nurturing environment for one who wants something more out of life than to be a b...

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...