Ethical Issues In The 19th Century

In the 19th and 20th centuries Many authors were writing about social or ethical issues of the period, these were stories that needed to be read in between the lines because theses were not things that were ok to write them. Many short stories such as “The Story Of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, “Desiree's Baby”by Kate Chopin, “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's, “A Respectable Woman” by Kate Chopin, focused on issues based on the region they wrote about authors went as far as using the same dialect as well, In most of these stories the writer focused on making the main character the focus instead of the problem. This type of story became known as realism and people hated it! This was due to the issues they talked about.
“There stood …show more content…
She lifted it and walked with it over to the window that was lightest. She scanned the baby narrowly, then looked as searchingly at Zandrine, whose face was turned to gaze across the fields…”(Chopin) although it could be portrayed that the baby is just big or older looking In theses sentences Kate is trying to state that the baby is obviously very different and the fact that the grandmother stares at the African American slave makes you wonder what’s going on. Chopin set it’s setting in the South it’s shown through slavery and race issues in the family. Chopin turn a story about a family in the beginning stages of life to a social issue about racism and broken …show more content…
They are not always good for example in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman the main character has a nervous disorder, though it is said that there is a woman in the wallpaper and that the wallpaper moves the story stays on Jane and what is running through her poor head during this time in need. “The Yellow Wallpaper” shows another woman once again who during this time period has a very hard time communicating with her husband but is unable to tell anyone. Dialect of the region is shown very nicely in this story because it is a young woman who has a husband as a physician that thinks he knows it all and in reality creates a worse situation but because of the time period she can not openly say that to her husband. you are definitely forced to read in between the lines of this story that is because of the time period for example “If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression”(Chopin) you are told automatically that the woman has a type of depression but because erthe John doesn't feel like dealing with all of the questions he