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    —Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wall-paper‚" 1913 "Every kind of creature is developed by the exercise of its functions. If denied the exercise of its functions‚ it can not develop in the fullest degree." —Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Gilman)‚ from Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Committee on the Judiciary‚ House of Representatives‚ Washington‚ D.C.‚ January 28‚ 1896 Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story "The Yellow Wall-paper" was written during a time of

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    The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis As I started reading this short story‚ it clearly introduced who the characters are and where it took place. The narrator is a woman; she has no name‚ remains anonymous throughout the story. She lives with her husband John in a house. This house is isolated from society‚ since the short story indicates that it is far from village‚ roads or any means of communication. It also contains locks and gates throughout. The woman is ill and this illness has placed her in

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    stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” a common theme of isolation appears. The Yellow Wallpaper focuses on a woman with what her husband‚ also a physician‚ diagnoses as “slight hysterical tendency” (Gilman 677). She is forbidden to go outside her home and is completely isolated from the rest of the world. She is also forbidden to express herself through writing and has no mental stimulation‚ which enables her to focus all her time on the wallpaper. In “The Handsomest

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    before making rash judgments. The same must be done for the characters of the stories. In order for readers to truly understand what these individuals are feeling and thinking‚ it is important to put one’s self in their situation. The story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a tale of a sick woman and her husband‚ John‚ which have just moved into a new house. As the plot progresses‚ it is easy to judge the way the two interact and treat each other. It is important to study John’s behavior to actually understand

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    Literary Analysis: Outline This worksheet must be TYPED. Bring your completed worksheet (along with the O’Connor short stories) to class with you on Tuesday 11/27. Note: Page 1 of this outline provides a sample outline of the thesis statement and ONE paragraph from the online sample Literary Analysis Essay. Complete pages 2-3 of this worksheet for class on Tues 11/27. Thesis Statement (one sentence that sums up your specific interpretation of the story): In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The

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    CHARLOTEE PERKINS GILLMAN THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (1892) The cult of true womanhood defined women as “ladies”(pure‚ diligent). When we talk about American woman‚ we have to specify their religion‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ social class (it is therefore essentialist to talk about “women” in general. Depending on the group which they are in‚ certain coordinates are applicable. The Yellow Wallpaper is about a white‚ protestant‚ heterosexual woman at the end of the 19th century in the higher middle

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    English 1A03 Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) - American writer - writer of fiction and non-fiction - feminist - wrote novel called "Herland" (feminist - this short story is about women’s mental conditions - story read as critical response about how a male dominated world treated these illnesses -she suffered post partum depression after birth of her first child Feminist * criticism and literature We might read Gilman’s fiction as an extension of her progressive

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    have female protagonists—The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. Though all three women experience remarkably different environments—whether they are vast rooms of a lush or cataclysmic landscape‚ or a physical and mental prison—each woman shares a common victimhood to forces beyond their control‚ and which their environments dictate. An analysis of each woman’s environment

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    The short stories; ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Gilman and ‘On Her Knees’ by Tim Winton both have Female Protagonists who both suffer. Jane‚ the main Protagonist in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Suffers from not only inner struggles but also external forces. In ‘On Her Knees’ Carol Lang‚ also comes across challenges and struggles in her life. The similarities in their struggles are plenty. They both have men controlling what they do‚ whether or not is intentional‚ they are both suffering from houses

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    Mrs. Govia July 17‚ 2013 Imprisoned in Marriage “I’m wife; I’ve finished that” by Emily Dickinson can be comparable to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman. Both literatures are written from a feminist prospective and have to do with patriarchal societies. Both pieces of literature were written during patriarchal time periods. Just like in The Yellow Wallpaper‚ in the poem “I’m wife”‚ the woman is submissive to her husband‚ and is unable to be herself‚ but only a wife and the woman that

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