(www.nlm.nih.gov) both stories portray women who are afraid. In the yellow wall paper, the wall paper represents the subjugation of women and solitary confinement, “…and it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind the pattern. I don’t like it a bit. I wonder----- I begin to think--- I wish john could take me away.” (Gilman, 139) due to the isolation from her family and friends, we realize that Jane creates some sort of fantasy about the wall paper, which not only isn’t good for her but proves her husband that she isn’t getting better. whereas in Angels in America, we see exclusion and confinement, “…I do get out in the world. You don’t. you stay in all day, fretting about imaginary… I get out. I do. You don’t know what I do…” (Angels in America, 26) harper’ addiction has not only made her paranoid about the world, but it has convinced her that she isn’t safe anywhere even in her own
(www.nlm.nih.gov) both stories portray women who are afraid. In the yellow wall paper, the wall paper represents the subjugation of women and solitary confinement, “…and it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind the pattern. I don’t like it a bit. I wonder----- I begin to think--- I wish john could take me away.” (Gilman, 139) due to the isolation from her family and friends, we realize that Jane creates some sort of fantasy about the wall paper, which not only isn’t good for her but proves her husband that she isn’t getting better. whereas in Angels in America, we see exclusion and confinement, “…I do get out in the world. You don’t. you stay in all day, fretting about imaginary… I get out. I do. You don’t know what I do…” (Angels in America, 26) harper’ addiction has not only made her paranoid about the world, but it has convinced her that she isn’t safe anywhere even in her own