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"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 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 ...

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

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...

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

faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...

In five pages this paper discusses how in The Yellow Wallpaper the storyteller reflects author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Three so...

of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. In addition, he wrote a myriad of imposing poems, and ninety pieces of short fictio...

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

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

This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...

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

is happening to her, but yet she heeds his advice and rules nonetheless because she was a good and dutiful wife. But, she knows sh...

how her husband clearly has no idea what is bothering his wife, although he clearly also presumes to have the answer in taking her...

object and made it extraordinary: "the tomato offers/ its gift/ of fiery color/ and cool completeness" (82-85). Ode to a Storm: T...

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. ...

Mondrians. "Red Bird" is part of the collection at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, and it is on display on their website. Accordin...

a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...

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

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

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

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)....

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

that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she firs...

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

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 ...

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...