Major Themes suburban horror This collection of short stories‚ most of which take place in ordinary American settings‚ aptly demonstrates Jackson’s penchant for suburban horror. As exemplified most clearly by "The Lottery‚" Jackson’s vision of horror is not limited to haunted houses or exotic locations. On the contrary‚ horror is engendered in the mind‚ in the banal brutality of everyday individuals‚ who may be mothers‚ fathers‚ wives‚ and husbands. Unhappiness‚ sheer dissatisfaction with one’s
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Character Analysis of John in “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892) John is the typical Victorian husband. He is authoritative‚ strict‚ head of the household. He is a physician of “high standing”. He is very controlling and expects his wife to obey his orders which was quite normal for the time. He is a doctor but only understands physical illnesses. He cannot relate to any mental problems particularly as far as women are concerned. For him‚ it is something she will get over‚ mind over matter: “You
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away from sexism‚ believing that sexism today is only a small issue‚ but the bona fide reality is that with all the advancements and quality education prevalent‚ sexism and gender roles are prominent now more than ever. Both short stories‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ highlight two female protagonists‚ the narrator and Delia‚ who are married to two very different types of men‚ who are arguably equally as bad in their own ways. The juxtaposition
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Timothy Kramer | Literature & Composition | January 10‚ 2013 Timothy Kramer | Literature & Composition | January 10‚ 2013 Reading Response Kindred Reading Response Kindred LT02 Summarize the Text In Olivia Butler’s novel‚ Kindred‚ an African American woman‚ Dana‚ is unexpectedly pulled back to the Slave Era where she struggles to face the inequalities that existed at that time. After moving into her new apartment with her newly wedded husband‚ Dana is unexpectedly pulled back in
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did not participate in the economic‚ legal and social aspects of marriage; that was the role of men. Therefore‚ any important decision was made by men and women had to respect their norms without showing any resistance or own opinion. In The Yellow Wallpaper‚ the narrator’s husband‚ John‚ was a physician who had diagnosed his wife a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency” (Gilman
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Reading Responses to a Poem ACI1250A January 21‚ 2013 Reading Responses to a Poem The poem “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver was a very inspirational poem. Oliver creatively uses imaginative language‚ emotion‚ symbolism‚ and romanticism which led to a very positive and upbeat tone in her poem. Throughout this poem‚ the one thing that I focused on was the positive and upbeat tones that this poem contained. By her use of symbolic and imaginative language in “Wild Geese”‚ the reader is opened
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Spring 2014 SOCSC-120 Response Paper #1 Documents: Letters to Carolyn Van Wyck & Letters to Deidre In a column of Photoplay magazine‚ one of the first film fan magazines created in 1911 in Chicago by Mcfadden Publications‚ Carolyn Van Wyck encouraged women to have fun flirting while remaining classy. In the 1930s‚ San Francisco’s New World Sun newspaper also ran a column answered by Historian Valerie Matsumoto which inspired women to balance both their Japanese and American values. Both of these
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Mao Zedong Readings Response Paper Being one of the most well-known characters of Chinese modern history‚ Mao Zedong has been constantly debated in both Western and Eastern worlds. Like all historic figures‚ Mao Zedong has been seen in different light: sometimes under glorification and reverence‚ and sometimes as a devil that dragged China into one of its darkest eras. These contradicting opinions can be easily seen in the assigned readings of this course. While Mao Zedong is generally praised
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depressed! She is. She needs the help. John needs to stop reducing her to an infantile state that later drives her to madness. As more and more of these treatments she needs are getting taken away from her‚ the more obsessed she is becoming with the wallpaper. She even sees a woman in it‚ “And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don’t
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Reading response-Antigone In the story of Antigone‚ we see the struggles between right and wrong or individual and government‚ and the conflicts between the males and females. In the other words‚ Antigone ‚ a woman‚ are supposed to have no her own opinions to the her world. She should follow the laws which are made by men. Nevertheless‚ she believes the god’s laws should be more important than the others. What makes this story so special? Antigone‚ a Femal‚ challenges to the male’s
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