Feminism Over Time: Oppression to Equality Women in society have been battling with the standards forced onto them for hundreds of years; through being dominated in the workforce to being made to feel self conscious with everything they do, to every opinion they express. In 2015, feminism is a prominent movement that is both ridiculed and supported around the globe; people in today’s society still tend to criticize it by claiming that women hate men, and that instead of fighting for gender equality they are fighting for the domination of women. However, in 1892 feminism was not something any gender thought about, much less criticized, which is why "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a shocking piece of literature when
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“… I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!” The narrator does not want to go back to being discriminated. The tone of this quote is liberating, because when the narrator uses diction like “can’t put me back” she is expressing the realization of her freedom, and how liberation from her husband’s power makes her feel overwhelmingly relieved. In 1892, the mood that this quote would have let on is that of anger or amusement, because society truly saw women as incompetent figures in civilization, and could not fathom any woman becoming a figure of power. Feminism in 2015 however is a worldly movement, and the mood the narrator’s diction would bring onto a modern day reader would be elated for the narrator after she is emancipated from John’s overruling. The tone and mood of the story seem to conjoin in the last sentence of the story, when the narrator is completely under control of her own life. “Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!” The narrator decides not be held back by the man in her path, but instead go over him and continue her need to be truly free. It is clear that she is finally breaking out of her shell that has been forced onto her since birth, because the diction the narrator uses such as “creep over him” insinuates that she will not be halted on her path to liberation because a man is in her way. The tone and mood of this quote are incredibly liberating, because not only is the narrator free, but the reader has experienced the journey with her. The reason the tone is incredibly liberating is because doing such a thing as trying to become equal in status to men was uncalled for in the 1800’s. In 2015 however, if a woman becomes an important figure in the
“… I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!” The narrator does not want to go back to being discriminated. The tone of this quote is liberating, because when the narrator uses diction like “can’t put me back” she is expressing the realization of her freedom, and how liberation from her husband’s power makes her feel overwhelmingly relieved. In 1892, the mood that this quote would have let on is that of anger or amusement, because society truly saw women as incompetent figures in civilization, and could not fathom any woman becoming a figure of power. Feminism in 2015 however is a worldly movement, and the mood the narrator’s diction would bring onto a modern day reader would be elated for the narrator after she is emancipated from John’s overruling. The tone and mood of the story seem to conjoin in the last sentence of the story, when the narrator is completely under control of her own life. “Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!” The narrator decides not be held back by the man in her path, but instead go over him and continue her need to be truly free. It is clear that she is finally breaking out of her shell that has been forced onto her since birth, because the diction the narrator uses such as “creep over him” insinuates that she will not be halted on her path to liberation because a man is in her way. The tone and mood of this quote are incredibly liberating, because not only is the narrator free, but the reader has experienced the journey with her. The reason the tone is incredibly liberating is because doing such a thing as trying to become equal in status to men was uncalled for in the 1800’s. In 2015 however, if a woman becomes an important figure in the