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    In the short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper‚” The Narrator is trapped by the symbolic hell that is society‚ treated as a child‚ and suppressed against her will. John‚ The Narrator’s husband‚ does not care about her well-being‚ as displayed by his being gone for long periods and lack of nurturing behavior. “John laughs at me‚ of course‚ but one expects that in marriage” (The Yellow Wall-Paper 74). He has forced her to live in a secluded house‚ “standing well back from the road‚ quite three miles from

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    touched upon these issues in their works. Some do so in a very subtle fashion and some do so quite overtly. Two novels that address gender issues are Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wall-Paper. Moby Dick was written in 1951 and The Yellow Wall-Paper was written in 1892. Melville addresses gender roles much more subtlety than Gilman‚ who addresses these issues overtly. This is nearly a six-decade difference

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    Different Eras same Actions Imagine if women do not have a voice or opinion that is valid‚ and their feelings do not matter to others. Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the story “The Yellow Wall Paper” shows an idea of how “the perfect wife” was in the Victorian Era. Gilman supports her claim by describing the story of Jane who was trapped in her own house‚ keeping her true feelings inside‚ someone who was not living for herself‚ a soul who wanted to be free. The narrator describes Jane as a woman who

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    Comparing Short Stories Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" and Charlotte Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" are both centralized on the feministic views of women coming out to the world. Aside from the many differences within the two short stories‚ there is also similarities contained in Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" and Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" such as the same concept of the "rest treatment" was prescribed as medicine to help deal with their sickness‚ society’s views on the main character’s

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    man who loves her truly and treats her gently. But sometimes‚ married life is not what we think it would be. The yellow wall- paper written by Charlotte Perkins Stetson is about the narrator suffering her illness oppressed and denied of her freedom by her husband‚ John‚ a physician. The narrator becomes mad not allowed to write to express her feelings then she admires the wall- paper that makes her tend to declare her freedom. This story investigate the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements

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    The Yellow Wall-Paper Alternate Ending Where my story is starting: “Why there’s John at the Door” I am banging on the door‚ begging her to come out. What has happened? Why’s the door locked? Is she okay? What’s going on? Perhaps I can break the door. The sweat dripped into my eyes as I heard her say “John dear! The key is under the front steps‚ under a plaintain leaf!” My eyes dart to the leaf. Is she lying? Why would the key be there? I can’t make myself leave. I am begging her to open the door

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper”: A Commentary on Gender Conflict Charlotte Perkins Gilman is noticeably sympathetic towards the oppressed housewife in “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” We are shown the psychological breakdown of a woman through a first-person narrator‚ which serves well to the purpose of the story because we see the demise of the narrator firsthand. Through carefully placed details and character interpretation‚ Gilman shows the true nature of oppressive relationships

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    Producing the Subject: A New Historicist Reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wall-paper’ As we know‚ new historicism is the American form of criticism which is mostly applied to Renaissance literature‚ esp. the works of Shakespeare‚ and it uses Poststructuralist criticism. What interests new historicists most is the poststructuralist notion of the self‚ of discourse‚ and of power; with regard to power‚ new historicism leans more towards a Foucauldian notion of power and focuses on

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    In the short story “The Yellow Wall Paper‚” C. Stetson reveals her psychological struggles and how she is denial about her mental state. Stetson backs up her claim with a description of her current metal state and how the nursery she lives in plays a key role in her mental state. With the use of Stetson is able to portray the discrimination women with psychological issues are facing and how they feel trapped. The relationship between Stetson and John can be described as loving but controlling.

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    As mentioned‚ the stream of consciousness continues throughout this story. Sometimes the protagonist inserts her deep‚ sharp thoughts in the middle of a paragraph that has little to do with the original conversation. And sometimes she inserts a word that is off-putting‚ a word that does not match the rest. Although some may argue that this takes readers away from the fictional dream‚ the case‚ it seems‚ is that it corresponds just as well with her random outbursts of thought. The word is often placed

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