Short Stories Quiz
The woman in The Yellow Wall Paper find enlightenment in a few ways, the story concerns not only a certain class but also a certain type of society in which women play very limited roles. Women are finally set free at the end of the short story, through the story the narrator is confined to a single room in a large house. She attempts to cope with isolation, and finally sets herself free at the stories conclusion. For the narrartor this was an enlightening experience.
The story sweat has a few different themes that can be discussed. One being the theme of religion. Delia in Sweat endures more pain than one can be able to handle. She runs her own household, works fulltime feeds and clothes her husband despite his physical and verbal abuse towards her. She still keeps her life going on, with the belief that god will make things better. Faith and prayer keep Delia strong, as faith and her religous belief is the element that keeps Delia strong enough to let god “make things right” and let sins catch up to Sykes. Sweat also focuses on the theme of society and class, …show more content…
Throughout the story he is being disrespected and dehumanized. A key example is when Judge Stevens refers to him as “that nigger of hers”, which shows the dehumanization of black folks by everyone except Miss Emily. If a Judge won’t respect ones name, than the entire town wouldn’t, and this shows the social class blacks were in based off the actions of others. To add to that, social class plays a role in seperating the rich from the poor. Miss Emily is judged for having a romance with a less affluent Homer Barron. The townspeople frowned upon her relationship with Homer, as a result of the barriers set forth by social class. The impression that he is beneath her comes from the fact that, he is a day laborer, and she on the other hand comes from a wealthy
The woman in The Yellow Wall Paper find enlightenment in a few ways, the story concerns not only a certain class but also a certain type of society in which women play very limited roles. Women are finally set free at the end of the short story, through the story the narrator is confined to a single room in a large house. She attempts to cope with isolation, and finally sets herself free at the stories conclusion. For the narrartor this was an enlightening experience.
The story sweat has a few different themes that can be discussed. One being the theme of religion. Delia in Sweat endures more pain than one can be able to handle. She runs her own household, works fulltime feeds and clothes her husband despite his physical and verbal abuse towards her. She still keeps her life going on, with the belief that god will make things better. Faith and prayer keep Delia strong, as faith and her religous belief is the element that keeps Delia strong enough to let god “make things right” and let sins catch up to Sykes. Sweat also focuses on the theme of society and class, …show more content…
Throughout the story he is being disrespected and dehumanized. A key example is when Judge Stevens refers to him as “that nigger of hers”, which shows the dehumanization of black folks by everyone except Miss Emily. If a Judge won’t respect ones name, than the entire town wouldn’t, and this shows the social class blacks were in based off the actions of others. To add to that, social class plays a role in seperating the rich from the poor. Miss Emily is judged for having a romance with a less affluent Homer Barron. The townspeople frowned upon her relationship with Homer, as a result of the barriers set forth by social class. The impression that he is beneath her comes from the fact that, he is a day laborer, and she on the other hand comes from a wealthy