In Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper”‚ we see a narrator who struggles to free herself from the physical and mental forces that constrain her. Not only is the narrator dominated by her husband‚ but also by her mental perspective of the wallpaper. As this story unfolds we see the narrator begin to objectify herself as part of the wallpaper. The synopsis of this story revolves around a woman (narrator)‚ who is deemed mentally ill by her husband. He coerces the narrator
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Jamaica Kincaid- Girl The poem "Girl" by author Jamaica Kincaid shows love and family togetherness by creating microcosmic images of the way mothers raise their children in order to survive. Upon closer examination‚ the reader sees that the text is a string of images in Westerner Caribbean family practices. Jamaica Kincaid has taken common advice that daughters are constantly hearing from their mothers and tied them into a series of commands that a mother uses to prevent her daughter from
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story written in the first person about a young woman who goes insane while dealing with postpartum depression in the late eighteen hundreds. Gilman’s use of the first person is helpful to the reader so that they can better understand the journey to insanity through the eyes of the narrator. Guy de Massupant once said “A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption” which fits this short story well with
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In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman there was a message of great proportion about social issues of that time. The story was originally published in 1892. The story was indeed a commentary on the gender roles and social expectations of women in that time. Women in that time did not have many freedoms as women today have. The men controlled their lives and often made decisions for them. Women were told what to do and had no complete free will. Like in the story‚ the woman explains
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Reflections on Jamaica Kincaid’s Short Story‚ Girl Seeing a child who is ostracized for being a slut is a mother’s worst nightmare. The short story Girl‚ is a perfect example; insofar as‚ it deals with the experience of being a young female in a poor country‚ and a mother’s concern for her daughter’s respect. Girl mainly consists of single lined sentences of advice that the mother gives to her daughter in order to prevent her from losing respect for becoming a slut. However‚ in doing so
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Jamaica Kincaid‚ who was originally known as Elaine Potter Richardson‚ changed her name due to her families’ disapproval of her occupation and is today a renowned Caribbean American writer. Kincaid’s use of the themes of family relationships‚ personhood‚ and the taint of colonialism were prominent in her written works. Kincaid is an honor winning author whose work has been both lauded and scrutinized for its focuses since her composition to a great extent draws upon her own life and her tone is
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In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the narrator is not your typical upper class young woman‚ who has just given birth to her first child. She is an inquisitive dynamic young woman‚ whose nervous condition has gradually gotten worse as she adapts to the restrictions placed upon her. We see how the restrictions transform her through a series of journal entries‚ and learn that she has a tough time expressing her feelings to others. As we see her vivid thoughts through the
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and If by Rudyard Kipling‚ are two texts that are written by parents with real world expectations for their children. Both texts though are similar and different in many different ways. Girl‚ is a one sentence story about a mother’s expectations for her “Boy crazy girl” that is going out into the real world by herself. She explains what so tips for her daughter in a more harsh than gentle voice. “If” is a poem of a dad poetically telling his son about the good and bad and
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson was written using components of feminist criticism. This story deals with many inequalities between John and his wife‚ it also uses female and male perspectives throughout the whole story. “If a physician of high standing‚ and one’s own husband‚ assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression- - slight hysterical tendency- - what is one to do?” the narrator explains that her husband
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In most cultures‚ being a housewife is the most important role a woman can have. If a woman does not the needed skills they need to perform their duty‚ then they are not seen as real woman. Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl” describes a young girl reciting the advice her mother gives her advice to be a respectable woman in society‚ take care of herself‚ and how to keep up her household once she is married. In the implied patriarchal society that they are in‚ the importance of feminine roles become the
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