A Rose For Emily Compare And Contrast Essay
Character Comparison and Contrast
“A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”
The character Emily, from “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and the Narrator, from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman were both young women from similar time periods. Their belief system reflected the era in which they lived. Emily lived in a post-civil war mansion that was dilapidated, she was the unmarried daughter of a once very influential member of the community. At one time, her family had money, but that was no longer the case and her home disclosed this fact. Unlike the Narrator’s life, she was married to a well-respected physician, who was in good standing within their community, suggesting an above average income as they could afford to summer in a colonial mansion, even though it was somewhat rundown. The lives of both these characters were oppressed in different ways, slowly diminishing each woman’s mental capacity over time, causing each of them extreme emotional anguish, leading …show more content…
Not allowed to make the simplest of decisions herself, starting with the bedroom, she wanted to sleep in, “I don’t like our room a bit. I wanted one downstairs that opened onto the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! But John would not hear of it” (par. 26). It was with loving intentions that John controlled every aspect of her life. However, he worked all the time and she was left without companionship, spending most of her time in the barred playroom that he chose with nothing to do except to watch and analyze the yellow wallpaper. It started to captivate her, “It dwells in my mind so!” (par. 92). The wallpaper started to come to life in her thoughts, seeing images of women creeping around these delusions overtook her weak mind, which led to her complete mental
“A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”
The character Emily, from “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and the Narrator, from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman were both young women from similar time periods. Their belief system reflected the era in which they lived. Emily lived in a post-civil war mansion that was dilapidated, she was the unmarried daughter of a once very influential member of the community. At one time, her family had money, but that was no longer the case and her home disclosed this fact. Unlike the Narrator’s life, she was married to a well-respected physician, who was in good standing within their community, suggesting an above average income as they could afford to summer in a colonial mansion, even though it was somewhat rundown. The lives of both these characters were oppressed in different ways, slowly diminishing each woman’s mental capacity over time, causing each of them extreme emotional anguish, leading …show more content…
Not allowed to make the simplest of decisions herself, starting with the bedroom, she wanted to sleep in, “I don’t like our room a bit. I wanted one downstairs that opened onto the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! But John would not hear of it” (par. 26). It was with loving intentions that John controlled every aspect of her life. However, he worked all the time and she was left without companionship, spending most of her time in the barred playroom that he chose with nothing to do except to watch and analyze the yellow wallpaper. It started to captivate her, “It dwells in my mind so!” (par. 92). The wallpaper started to come to life in her thoughts, seeing images of women creeping around these delusions overtook her weak mind, which led to her complete mental