The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman and Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson share many similarities but some of the authors usage of writing styles and difference in tone is what makes the stories unique and interesting. The two stories have a similar theme throughout which is isolation. In the Yellow Wallpaper, the narrator is completely isolated in her bedroom and held hostage to where she cannot leave by her husband. In Winesburg, Ohio there are multiple stories with the theme of isolation. In the book “Hands”, Biddlebaum is an older man who lives alone and has no friends. He is isolated from the rest of the world except for the news reporter George Willard. During the book Biddlebaum grows this extreme obsession
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The narrator is constantly repeating "What is one to do?" (Gilman 1) It shows her unwillingness to stand up to her husband. The repetition in Winesburg is not as obvious as The Yellow Wallpaper to me. I noticed the repetition not of certain phrases but of a constant theme of isolation in the stories and the reoccurring word of "grotesque." Both authors manage to make the reader feel sympathy for the characters. Majority of the characters are too weak, sad, and damaged to stick up for …show more content…
After knowing Charlotte Gilman suffered with depression and eventually committed suicide the story was easier to understand and sympathize for the narrator. Sherwood Anderson had a few nervous break downs and several marriages which is unfortunate, but I could feel the pain in Gilman's writing. Both authors used a similar sad, sympathetic, gloomy tone to their stories but also expressed those tones very different through the character's lives. While Anderson used more of a simple style of writing I felt as Gilman's was easier to follow along and understand. While both author's used excellent imagery for the setting, Gilman's was mostly focused on one place which
The narrator is constantly repeating "What is one to do?" (Gilman 1) It shows her unwillingness to stand up to her husband. The repetition in Winesburg is not as obvious as The Yellow Wallpaper to me. I noticed the repetition not of certain phrases but of a constant theme of isolation in the stories and the reoccurring word of "grotesque." Both authors manage to make the reader feel sympathy for the characters. Majority of the characters are too weak, sad, and damaged to stick up for …show more content…
After knowing Charlotte Gilman suffered with depression and eventually committed suicide the story was easier to understand and sympathize for the narrator. Sherwood Anderson had a few nervous break downs and several marriages which is unfortunate, but I could feel the pain in Gilman's writing. Both authors used a similar sad, sympathetic, gloomy tone to their stories but also expressed those tones very different through the character's lives. While Anderson used more of a simple style of writing I felt as Gilman's was easier to follow along and understand. While both author's used excellent imagery for the setting, Gilman's was mostly focused on one place which