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    Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” written as a first person journal entry is a great example of symbolism in the literature. The narrator uses various symbols like window‚nursery and wallpaper to serve as reflection of protagonist’s state of mind and indication of societal suppression. It was written during early-to-mid nineteenth century positions female imprisonment within domestic sphere. The narrator sets the wallpaper as a symbol of protagonist state of the mind. The pattern of the wallpaper is illogical

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    The Yellow Wallpaper introduces a lesson of freedom and confinement to the audience. The story is explained as an avoidable mental tragedy‚ resulting from faulty decision making by a suffocating force. Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman illustrates the tale through narrator Jane Doe‚ a newlywed finding herself in a battle against the harmful effects of depression. Doe is the center of the novel‚ as a woman connected with her condition and mind capacity. We learn the story in a pre recorded submission

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    this has had a profound impact on women’s ability to express themselves and the quality of their lives” (202). Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ a writer and social reformer‚ is best known for her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”. In it the main character‚ whose name is not given anywhere throughout the story‚ creates a journal to satisfy her needs of being able to express herself. However‚ back during the 19th century‚ it was considered to be unusual for women to write down any thoughts or ideas that

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    The short story of Gilman is written in first person singular: it is a diary‚ the personal notes of the main character. We see the plot through her eyes and we gain admission to her most intimate thoughts and emotions‚ and thus‚ we can see the changes that happen in her mind. The evident nervous breakdown happens right in front of our eyes: the woman’s relation to the yellow wallpaper clearly reflects the stages of insanity. In the beginning‚ we hardly understand the title‚ as the wallpaper is not

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    Dylan Carr Professor Orlet ENGL-101-WE02D 1 April 2013 Types of Christmas Gifts The thrill of Christmas eve is followed by a nearly sleepless night full of curiosity and hope. Each and every child lays in bed wondering what will be under the tree on Christmas morning. Most kids have an idea of what might be received because of what was put on the Christmas list but there is always a few gifts not on the list that turn out to be a favorite of the receiver. Then again‚ there is always that

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    The Yellow Wall-Paper The novel‚ ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is an illustration of the various challenges that women faced prior to the emergence of the feminists and gender advocates (Gilman‚ 2013). The story by Gilman elaborates fully on the challenges the character (unnamed female) undergoes after her post partum. This condition was merely a nervous condition that needed to be examined by a physician but due to the female insubordination in those decades; the woman was enclosed in a yellow walled

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    dependence on their male counterpart. (G) The question that will be considered is‚ What device does Charlotte Perkins Gilman use to reveal the harsh treatments of women in a patriarchal society and the impact it has on their persona in her book The Yellow Wallpaper? (GQ) Initially‚ the treatment of women in this patriarchal society is revealed through their inferiority in relation with their husbands and their meek action. As the text progresses the female protagonists prevail over the norms of society

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    Truth A tranquil sanctuary of a home set back from the beaten path and far from the stresses of everyday city life would be the perfect place for a summer vacation‚ or so one might be convinced. She considered herself lucky‚ the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ to have reserved such a grand homestead for their retreat. Soon she would discover that this was not the peaceful escape from reality that she required. Diagnosed with a nervous disorder by her husband‚ a physician‚ this house was not to be

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    movement in the 1960s to 70s showed women’s fight for equality and freedom from a patriarchal regime‚ which is evident throughout Gilman’s portrayal of The Yellow Wallpaper‚ as the confined narrator frees herself from the suffocating wallpaper through a turn of events. Gilman uses symbolism throughout to present the confinement of the wallpaper through many different aspects‚ such as the pattern‚ lighting‚ and smell. The paper’s pattern slowly develops from “bulbous eyes” to a woman shaking the bars

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    The Yellow Wall-Paper is a story about a woman that knows she is sick‚ mentally (Stetson‚ 647). Her husband‚ John is a physician and he believes she can get better over time but in order for her to get better they had to move to a house that was fairly secluded from the town (Stetson‚ 647). John ensured that she would only be able to stay in her room which he had picked for her at the top of the house where she would not be able to do anything other than sleep and look out her window (Stetson‚ 647)

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