Women’s Marriage Lives in the Nineteenth Century
Bally Chiu
Professor Christy Brown
English 1B Section: 17871
14 March 2012
Women’s marriage lives in the nineteenth century
During the nineteenth century, when suffragist movement had started to seek for equality and freedom of women, great female authors such as Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were writing stories to describe their marriage lives in a very simple yet interesting way. They did not just talk about themselves, but also speak out the situations and feelings of other class of women had during those time. Woman during those time did not have an easy life, especially the society was a place where male were more powerful and stood in a more high class standing compare to woman. Too many restrictions posed on woman and they were treated with a lot of unfairness and injustices. Many of them struggle in their marriage life; no matter they married with a man in the upper class or lower class, or whether their husbands treated nicely or rudely. The Story of an Hour is a short story from a Vogue Magazine. Beside this work, she has written other famous work such as Awakening, which is also a feminism fictional story. While the purpose that the author trying to convey from the The Yellow Wallpaper is to tell the ineffectiveness of the treatment called “rest cure”, and how it worsen her depression and prevent her from doing work.
Both The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman demonstrate how women in the nineteenth century struggle in their marriage lives, both physically or mentally. Both authors use characterizations which illustrate how the protagonists were influenced by the events of the stories. Their points of view are omniscient third person, with different types of narrator. They have different symbols in their stories. Chopin uses symbols such as heart troubles and open window while Gilman uses the wall paper that greatly affect the protagonist. The most important element, the themes
Professor Christy Brown
English 1B Section: 17871
14 March 2012
Women’s marriage lives in the nineteenth century
During the nineteenth century, when suffragist movement had started to seek for equality and freedom of women, great female authors such as Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were writing stories to describe their marriage lives in a very simple yet interesting way. They did not just talk about themselves, but also speak out the situations and feelings of other class of women had during those time. Woman during those time did not have an easy life, especially the society was a place where male were more powerful and stood in a more high class standing compare to woman. Too many restrictions posed on woman and they were treated with a lot of unfairness and injustices. Many of them struggle in their marriage life; no matter they married with a man in the upper class or lower class, or whether their husbands treated nicely or rudely. The Story of an Hour is a short story from a Vogue Magazine. Beside this work, she has written other famous work such as Awakening, which is also a feminism fictional story. While the purpose that the author trying to convey from the The Yellow Wallpaper is to tell the ineffectiveness of the treatment called “rest cure”, and how it worsen her depression and prevent her from doing work.
Both The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman demonstrate how women in the nineteenth century struggle in their marriage lives, both physically or mentally. Both authors use characterizations which illustrate how the protagonists were influenced by the events of the stories. Their points of view are omniscient third person, with different types of narrator. They have different symbols in their stories. Chopin uses symbols such as heart troubles and open window while Gilman uses the wall paper that greatly affect the protagonist. The most important element, the themes