YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Past and Present Muckrakers and Yellow Journalism
Essays 421 - 450
believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that ...
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...
one could present. In Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper her story, which is fictional, is actually based largely on her own experienc...
developed during this time, as madness was associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause. The womb itself was deemed ...
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)....
lesser creatures than men. In relationship to medical science, which involves Gilmans story a great deal, one author notes how, "I...
that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she firs...
"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 ...
of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...
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 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 six pages this paper considers such literary works as Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Whi...
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...
to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...
In six pages this paper discusses how racism by the media and the criminal justice system is reflected in the novels Native Son, A...
the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...
world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...
wallpaper. The wallpaper can be said to have a dual symbolism. The wallpaper itself can be said to be representative of her mind....
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...
in the state...But partly as a result of intensified employer resistance and partly the widespread use by employers of the yellow ...
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...
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...
faded by the slow-turning sunlight" (Gilman PG). Obviously, the wallpaper is not soothing and so the wallpaper, its color, and its...
and brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...