John Ames Mitchell

This assignment focuses on the lives of dalit women in patriarchal society with reference to Baburao Bagul’s short story “Mother”. The story projects the life of a dalit woman who was oppressed by both caste and gender. Through the life of the mother in the story the author shows the universality of her experience among all the dalit women. Dalit women were marginalised among an already marginalized class. The dual oppression of caste and gender creates an intensity of oppression which becomes…

In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, she attempts to throw the reader into an alien environment by using various literary devices throughout her writing. She wants the reader to not only imagine the life of being a slave but instead she wants the reader to feel that they are living within the character’s shoes living the experience for themselves. Some of the literary devices Morrison uses in her writing is point of view, symbolism, and diction to portray the environment in Beloved to seem unknown…

The nineteenth century was a large feminist movement as women pushed against their “roles in society.” Women were beginning to act contrary to “expected” beliefs and actions. To expose and respond to this social inequality, many women took to writing- novels, letters, pamphlets, and speeches. Overall, literature during this time often focused on the conflict between women and society. Henry James was an American author often regarded as an important figure in the literary culture of the…

A Wicked Woman is a short story written by the famous author Jack London. It is a story about an unconfident young lady named Loretta and how her life is mostly decided by the men around her; in fact the whole story reflects a strong male dominance. The whole story and especially the language in the dialogues follow the gender stereotypes of men and women. Loretta is depicted with the characteristics of a “typical” woman: delicate, sensitive, cute and not that intelligent as Alice…

Kate Chopin's short story, Desiree's Baby, is a work that explores multiple themes commonly considered taboo for late 19th century discussion. Most writers of the time rarely elucidated on such themes; and least of all female writers. To fully appreciate the work in its entirety, one must first understand the social critique of the times and then formulate an idea of just how impactful a story such as this one could be. This was an era in which the majority of creative literature focused on…

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"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks" (Lee). In the fictional novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee explains racism in the eyes of a young girl and how racism has affected society. This takes place in the 1900s in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb County. In chapter 7 when the knot-hole in the tree gets filled up, Jem learns from Mr. Nathan Radley’s excuse of the tree dying that people can manipulate the way they think. During the talk between Jem and Mr. Radley, Jem…

An important role in the narrator’s acting out of her creativity plays the yellow wallpaper. In the course of the story Jane develops an obsession with the wallpaper and projects all her imagination on it. The wallpaper is used as a metaphor for the patriarchal system, but also a representation of the narrator’s mind (cf. Treichler 64). At first it should be analysed how the wallpaper is described by the narrator in the story. From the beginning on, Jane characterizes it as the worst paper she…

In a patriarchal society, many women face the issue of an imbalance of power, especially whilst in a relationship. The characters in “The Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman handle this reality with distinct approaches. Both authors employ symbolism and character to depict the various ways women are affected by male oppression and their struggle for liberation. While Carter’s character manages to forget her fear and seduce her oppressor, the…

John’s lack of compassion for his wife’s feelings and constant judgment on her depression appears to be one of the reasons that she goes off the deep end, so to speak. John does not see the narrator’s true state until the end of “The Yellow Wallpaper” where she tells him that “… [she’s] pulled off most of the paper, so [he] can’t put her back” (Gilman 428). Despite John’s supposed best efforts, his attempt to treat his…