Comparing The Wicker Husband And The Yellow Wallpaper

Reading and Analyzing Fiction Have you ever gone through a time in your life where you felt lonely, unloved, or even as if you couldn't be yourself? The three main characters for, "The Wicker Husband," "Her Sweet Jerome," and "The Yellow Wallpaper" feel this way. In the stories, there are trials that some of the characters face and have to get through. You will be able to make connections with the characters and see their point of views and what they deal with. If you were an adult and lived all alone in an unslightly house, would you be able not to complain? In, "The Wicker Husband," the Ugly Girl lives in a house that is unappealing and all alone, yet she never complains. The Ugly Girl walks around with a limp and smells of gutted fish. Eventually in the story, she asks an Old Basket Maker to make her a husband, and she was very appreciative to find that he was quite handsome. The Ugly Girl was very content with her new married life, while all the people in the town envied her. …show more content…
Washington is a little similar to the Ugly Girl. She is described to be hideous along with the Ugly Girl. Mrs. Washington doesn't have an education, which brings her low self- esteem. Despite being ugly, she is able to find a husband. The husband doesn't treat her good though. He beats her emotionally and physically. She believes that she deserves to get beat however. As the story goes on, she believes that her husband is cheating on her, so she becomes very determined to find out who the mistress is. Looking for his mistress, she finds out along the search that he isn't cheating on her but is disracted by his books and the knowledge it brings. All she wants is to be loved by Jerome, so she tries to burn his distractions, such as his books, which results in killing herself as she burns down the house taking along her with