THe Yellow Wallpaper & A Jury of Her Peers
Audience: Women who are controlled by men.
Purpose: To show how women were treated during this time period.
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell reflected the time period where men dominated women. Over the years the roles that men and women play in society have been changed tremendously. It used to be that women were solely confined to house work, cooking, and taking care of their children. The men in most families were considered to be the winners in the household. In “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the author’s symbolism and imagery to inform in conveying the place of women in society, and their struggle with gender inequality In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a couple had moved into a house to relieve her sickness that her husband had diagnosed. The woman is not named because it is directed to all women and not just one. Her husband is a physician and in the story she praises him dearly. She writes, "He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction." It shows that she speaks of his total control over her without meaning to and how she has no choices whatsoever. This control is perhaps so fixed in our main character that it is even seen in her secret writing; "John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition...so I will
Vu 2 let it alone and talk about the house.” Her husband states, “We came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get. Your exercise depends on your strength, my dear and your food somewhat on your appetite; but air you can absorb all the time. So we took the nursery at the top of the house,” which he suggests that she gets enormous amounts of bed rest and no human interaction at all. He chooses a prison-like room in which the woman describes it as,” a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine
Purpose: To show how women were treated during this time period.
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell reflected the time period where men dominated women. Over the years the roles that men and women play in society have been changed tremendously. It used to be that women were solely confined to house work, cooking, and taking care of their children. The men in most families were considered to be the winners in the household. In “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the author’s symbolism and imagery to inform in conveying the place of women in society, and their struggle with gender inequality In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a couple had moved into a house to relieve her sickness that her husband had diagnosed. The woman is not named because it is directed to all women and not just one. Her husband is a physician and in the story she praises him dearly. She writes, "He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction." It shows that she speaks of his total control over her without meaning to and how she has no choices whatsoever. This control is perhaps so fixed in our main character that it is even seen in her secret writing; "John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition...so I will
Vu 2 let it alone and talk about the house.” Her husband states, “We came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get. Your exercise depends on your strength, my dear and your food somewhat on your appetite; but air you can absorb all the time. So we took the nursery at the top of the house,” which he suggests that she gets enormous amounts of bed rest and no human interaction at all. He chooses a prison-like room in which the woman describes it as,” a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine