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    Student: Zhaolin Li Instructor: Terry Heath English101 Aug 7th 2013 In "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" Charlotte Perkins Gilman presents the narrator‚ being the main character‚ as an ill woman. However‚ she is not ill physically. She is ill in her mind. More than any chemical imbalance that may be present; the narrator’s environment is what causes her to go mad. The environment changes the mind of the narrator. Under the orders of her husband‚ the narrator is moved to a house far from society in the

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    In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ is about a woman who must obey her husband’s orders‚ this neurasthenic woman is put under a rest cure‚ in the end where she reaches total madness Through the historical/biographical and feminist lenses‚ analysis of this story suggest it is really about woman in the late 1800s who were prevented by their husband and society from existing beyond their role as a housewife‚ displaying the of lack of equality between males and females. Women were

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    Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is both a “haunting psychological story” and a “feminist masterpiece” that follows the narrator’s own descent into madness caused by the structured yellow wallpaper (Moore‚1). Gilman’s implementation of imagery and metaphors found trapped inside the wallpaper contribute to the recurring theme of women’s oppression felt by not only the narrator of the story‚ but by Gilman herself. This story contains various hidden themes‚ that provide the story with

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    plots in “The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. I will examine the similarities of the protagonists on their pursuit to physical and emotional freedom‚ and the setting of which each story takes place. For example‚ Mrs. Mallard feels restrained in her marriage‚ but senses freedom in her brief becoming of a widow‚ and the narrator in the yellow wallpaper feels trapped in a mansion where she is forced to recover‚ but feels free when the yellow wallpaper is torn away. Both women are in a place

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    Two Kinds vs. The Yellow Wallpaper Literature 210 After reading two very different pieces of literature one could come to the conclusion that there are many similarities and many differences between them. By comparing and contrasting the two short stories Two Kinds by Amy Tan‚ and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilmans we can better see how they are similar and different. Both authors of these short stories seemed to have created their stories a bit from their

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    The Yellow Wallpaper For women of the twentieth century‚ who have more freedom than before and have not experienced the oppressive life that Charlotte Perkins Gilman experienced from 1860 to 1935‚ it is difficult to understand Gilman ’s situation and understand the significance of "The Yellow Wallpaper." Gilman ’s original purpose of writing the story was to gain personal satisfaction if Dr. S. Weir Mitchell might change his treatment after reading the story. More importantly‚ Gilman says in her

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the author of The Yellow Wallpaper wrote the story having little to no knowing that it was going to be part of  feminist literature. Moreover the story playing a part with feminism‚ the story has a light feel of horror to it that attracted others as well.  The story is being told in the eyes of the narrator who becomes crazy obsessed with the yellow wallpaper. Throughout The Yellow Wallpaper‚ points of woman suffrage‚ horror‚ and the victorian time set thematic ways of the

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    to light gender role issues and stereotypes of her time period. An average relationship of her time generally included a working middleclass husband and a house keeping wife. The wife normally did as she was told by her husband and took care of any family needs. Being a famous writer‚ Gilman did not exactly have an average role in society in her time as a female. From an oppressed perspective‚ having experienced firsthand gender expectations that Gilman mocks stereotypical gender roles within the

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    “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are two well written short stories that entail both similarities and differences. Both short stories were written in the late 1800’s early 1900’s and depict the era when women were viewed less important than men. The protagonist in each story is a woman‚ who is confined in solitary due to the men in their lives. The narrator in “A Rose for Emily” is the mutual voice of the townspeople of Jefferson‚ while

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    sacrifice to have the ability to make your own decisions? What would you do to be truly free; from debt‚ poverty‚ sadness‚ addiction‚ or from anything that causes you misery‚ pain or unhappiness? Would you risk insanity or even your life? Both “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin are two short stories that can today be categorized as feminist works of fiction. The main characters are females who are struggling for freedom from their husbands. Although

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