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In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...
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 ...
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 ...
This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...
In a paper consisting of eight pages Bierce's mirroring of human and animal characteristics is explored and these traits are compa...
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...
literature and his father had an impressive library (Ambrose Bierce, 2002). Bierces family was considered to be "sternly religiou...
and brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...
In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...
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...
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...
In five pages Gilman's story and Gardner's novel are compared and contrasted with the focus being upon the protagonist's position ...
This paper consists of 5 pages and considers women that did not faithfully follow the rules of the social patriarchy such as the h...
and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...
This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...
life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. It is dull enough to confuse the eye in followin...
how her husband clearly has no idea what is bothering his wife, although he clearly also presumes to have the answer in taking her...
Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...
its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...
an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...
knowledge and, occasionally, pronounced comatose or unconscious patients as dead (Premature Burial). There were documented instanc...
that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...
In three pages a synopsis of this famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe is presented. There are no other sources cited....
with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...
In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...
In thirteen pages this paper examines the short stories' complication of Dubliners by James Joyce in an overview of plot, characte...