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narrator opens her journal entries with a brief description of her new location, i.e., that her family has rented "ancestral halls...

This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...

so much time to be bored. Jewett writes: "Sylvia had all the time there was, and very little use to make of it" (759). Sylvia wa...

A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...

marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...

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...

a supposed "cure" for her depressed symptoms, becomes, in fact, the catalyst to -2- her entire mental downfall. She h...

In five pages this paper examines the nightmare states evoked by hallucinogenic symbolism in these two works that blur the line be...

In five pages this story's 5th section is analyzed in terms of the wallpaper symbolism, what it projects, and how it relates to th...

A section from this story is analyzed and then considered within the whole story's context in a paper consisting of five pages. T...

The ways in which female protagonists are controlled by men are discussed in a comparative analysis of these literary works consis...

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

In six pages this paper examines the theme of insanity as portrayed in Gilman's story. Ten other sources are cited in the bibliog...

call on the point of her physician-husband (Brooks ppg) The narrator tells us: "John is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not sa...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...

insanity, as she becomes progressively obsessed with the rooms wallpaper, its "sprawling, flamboyant patterns committing every art...

have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

relationship between Gilmans story and the reality of late-nineteenth century life for American women. Shortly after the America...

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

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 the social treatment of women is examined within the context of this story in an exploration of plot, characterizatio...

This 10 page essay analyzes the characters presented by Faulkner and Gilman. The author of this essay contends that each of these...

really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency--what is one to do? My brother i...

The Bronte and Gilman writings are discussed. The significance of haunting in each is the focus of attention. This eight page pa...

In five pages, the author's employment of voice, imagery, and gender themes are considered....

This paper is on "yellow journalism" and "muckraking," which are styles of journalism that were popular in the late nineteenth/ear...