John N. Mitchell

Jane moved to a new house with her husband while dealing with depression. John was her absolute everything. She rarely did anything without him and anything she needed, John was on task. However, shortly after their arrival, John’s company became less and less. At times in the day, Jane would speak of needing John or him being away and it was uncertain how long he would be gone. Jane was use to John taking care of her. He did things that were unnecessary and also did things for her she did not…

A Family Affair: Obsession in “The Dead Past” “Indeed, like a ghost that was afraid to materialize, she hesitated, her head down, eyes averted” (Pickard). In the exposition of her short story “The Dead Past,” Nancy Pickard introduces the deeply-troubled character Elizabeth Ouvray. Disturbed by the traumatic events of her past, Elizabeth seeks the help of renowned psychologist Paul Laner. Used to conventional psychology, Paul finds himself at his wits end and resorts to hypnotism to uncover…

that helps her through the story with both factors helping her gain control in her being able to break and feel free. To begin with, the narrator has no control over herself but seems to be okay, just with a little depression according to John, but she knows it is more than that, but because she is a women and women back then were just mainly meant to…

Journey from Insanity to Self Slaughter Insanity is the stage when women are credited with title of ‘Madness’ by the patriarchal society. Perkin’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening both the texts can be studied on the basis of effects or the impact that such a brutal society can have on females of society. Insanity, which further results in an attempt of suicide or self-slaughter. These are basically the ways of escapism used by suffering woman. These are the ways, which…

In life, everyone deals with a certain hardship that affects them in a way where they just want to give up. In Speak, Melinda is dealing with the pain of being sexually assaulted. In “Still I Rise”, a poem by Maya Angelou, the character is dealing with everyone being against her and calling her names to try to bring her down. They both were dealing with the pain of being doubted, the pain of people trying to kill their dreams, but they both learn that they shouldn’t give up when something has…

sometimes fancy that in my condition, if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it alone and talk about the house” (437). She is so brained washed that in the middle of her thought, she lets herself interrupt with instructions from John. This woman has basically let John take control of her thoughts. This could have made her feel useless, and could have…

Implications at the conclusion of the story (“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman) "The Yellow Wallpaper" it is a semi-autobiographical short story written by Perkins Gilman in which he describes the treatment of women by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell the husband, who was the famous doctor. During the rest of the story, it describes how a woman is submissive and childlike obedience to male-dominated society during this twentieth century. The ending of the story it has some of the larger…

The couple’s temporary property contains a “delicious garden” (1) which appears to excite the narrator abundantly. She adores the estate and everything in it, except for the yellow wallpaper which coats the nursery walls (2). Even though her husband John will not let them stay in the room that she prefers, she acclimates, saying it is “airy and comfortable” (3). Here, she exhibits an inclination to make the best of her situation and faithfully trusts the will of her husband. By being willing to…

A book like an abstract painting, Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” can be perceived in many ways. These perceptions can vary in its use of symbolism and what everything could mean. One of these is the idea that the women/narrator is either trapped in her own home or she is a patient in an asylum. There are facts from the story that help argue both sides, but there is more in favor of the woman being trapped in her own home. The evidence that supports the woman being trapped in her…

This essay attempts to compare the paralysis and repression of two women with different social statuses in male-domineered societies. The first of which is Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, a short story which takes place in the late 19th century America and follows a repressed Mrs. Mallard who, upon being falsely informed of her husband’s death, sets out to gain a sense of self-assertion. Her short period of rejoice – and her life – are, however, put to an end when her husband returns. The…