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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 ...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

"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...

of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...

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

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

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...

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

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...

and brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...

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...

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