Women in the late 1800s were given a career which was marriage. A career where women will stay home under the authority of her husband. A job that made women feel enslaved by men. They could not give personal opinions or speak out to the world. Women felt they would never be able to be something great because men prohibited it through their marriage. This sexual politics inspired writers to illustrate the problems married women faced in the hands of men. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Kate Chopin’s short story “The story of an hour” both manifests the idea that women’s oppression by men in marriage made it difficult for women to assert independence.
When reading the “ The yellow wallpaper” the reader notices that Charlotte Perkins Gilman does not give a name to the narrator. The purpose for this is to infer that a woman 's entitlement is given up when she gets married. Marriage in the late 1800s caused women to give up their last name, their property, and their voice. This is why john’s name is always mention throughout the story. He is the man oppressing the female narrator through his marriage by silencing her. John, “a physician of high standing”(345, Gilman), …show more content…
The oppression by men in their marriage caused them to never gain independence. They will never live a life full of freedom and become something great. Both Authors wrote the same idea about the sexual politics in their time to show the world that men oppressing women in marriage should stop. They believed if it didn’t stop women wouldn’t be able to declare women’s independence. Making them the same person as the narrator from “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Mrs. Mallard from “ The Story of an Hour”. The characters were Capable of having freedom but it was difficult due to man’s power within their
When reading the “ The yellow wallpaper” the reader notices that Charlotte Perkins Gilman does not give a name to the narrator. The purpose for this is to infer that a woman 's entitlement is given up when she gets married. Marriage in the late 1800s caused women to give up their last name, their property, and their voice. This is why john’s name is always mention throughout the story. He is the man oppressing the female narrator through his marriage by silencing her. John, “a physician of high standing”(345, Gilman), …show more content…
The oppression by men in their marriage caused them to never gain independence. They will never live a life full of freedom and become something great. Both Authors wrote the same idea about the sexual politics in their time to show the world that men oppressing women in marriage should stop. They believed if it didn’t stop women wouldn’t be able to declare women’s independence. Making them the same person as the narrator from “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Mrs. Mallard from “ The Story of an Hour”. The characters were Capable of having freedom but it was difficult due to man’s power within their