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    Adrian Bzura December 13‚ 2011 Dr. Bruce G. Johnson ENG 243 MWF 12 – 12:50 Yellow Wallpaper and Narrator Unreliability (Extra Credit) After reading many short stories I have decided that “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the best example to illustrate narrator unreliability. There are many reasons why the narrator was unreliable in this story and one of them is because she lied about the way she was feeling. She would even lie to herself by saying she was getting better‚ however her condition was only

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    relation to the yellow wallpaper clearly reflects the stages of insanity. In the beginning‚ we hardly understand the title‚ as the wallpaper is not mentioned for long. The first note about it is relatively objective‚ a description of our other main ”character”. The woman calls it ’repellent’ and ’revolting’‚ and her dislike is expressed fully in row of many other negative and vivid adjectives too. ’I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long’. As we continue‚ the wallpaper appears more

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Susanna Kaysen‚ in her memoir GirlInterrupted‚ recounts her eighteen-month stay at a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. The events in the book took place in the 1960’s‚ meaning outside the hospital’s reinforced walls‚ the world was bustling with racism‚ social activism‚ and the Vietnam War. The story is not told as a chronological series of events‚ but rather as a collection of memories‚ darting between various periods of Kaysen’s visit. Throughout her stay at the hospital‚ Kaysen met a variety

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    Response Paper “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story about a woman that has no power over herself and is told how to think‚ act and live. By todays standers that’s something that is no longer tolerated. Today men and women are looked at equally‚ both with the same amount of power. Using feminist theory one can analyze and criticize the story through symbolism and character. At the start of the Story the narrator is stuck in a time that women are not equal to men

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    Film Review “GirlInterrupted” Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of metal disorders. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods‚ interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life‚ long-term planning‚ and the individual’s sense of self-identity. However‚ according to Susanna Kaysen‚ doesn’t everyone have some of these symptoms every once

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    Analysis of Girl Interrupted: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder Mia Rainone University of New Hampshire Analysis of Girl Interrupted: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder “Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girlinterrupted” (Wick & Mangold‚ 1999). Girl Interrupted is about an

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