YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Her Land by CP Gilman
Essays 31 - 60
into insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In h...
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 ...
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...
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). ...
who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...
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...
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 ...
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 Gilman's story and Gardner's novel are compared and contrasted with the focus being upon the protagonist's position ...
In six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...
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 five pages this report discusses Gilman's 1915 novel in terms of tis feminist aspects and the situations that either suppressed...
This paper looks at sanity and madness in Gilman's narrative The Yellow Wallpaper, and explores the concept that for the heroine, ...
call on the point of her physician-husband (Brooks ppg) The narrator tells us: "John is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not sa...
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 examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...
"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...
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 ...
A paper which discusses the life, work and theories of the writer Charlotte Gilman, and looks specifically at the role of feminism...
In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...
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...
relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...