Kendrick Perkins

“The Story of an Hour” has an intense twist that no one saw coming. Throughout the story Kate Chopin uses irony to enhance the effect of ending in “The Story of an Hour.” Chopin starts the story to make readers believe one concept then changes it many times throughout the story. Kate Chopin incorporates the idea of feminism into the irony, she does this because at the time of the story women didn’t have equal rights and suffered from poor treatment. Kate Chopin's use of Irony in The Story of an…

Socialization Abstract Socialization plays on important role in the construction of the gender and shows the link between social values and the touchstone of male domination. The gender socialization in the context of Deshpande’s novel A Matter of Time revolves around four generations of women Manorama, Kalyani, Sumi and Aru who are victims of cruelty exercised by patriarchal society where the measure of woman’s successful her married life, without which her all other accomplishments are…

In ‘Ma’s anxiety in Emma Donologue’s Room’, Himmah Sofiana Mursyidah talks about the psychological make-up of Jack’s mother. She draws unbreakable ties between Sigmund Freud’s concepts of Id, Ego and Superego and anxiety. She believes that Ma’s anxiety is the direct result of the traumatic, past experiences. She further illustrates how being imprisoned in the room affect the mental state of Ma, making her believe in impossibility of escaping from Old Nick. By keeping her son in the dark about…

Kate Chopin's allegory 'Story of an Hour' captures the social restraints imposed upon women in the late 19th century, detailing the struggle for female independence and freedom. Utilizing both direct and indirect characterization, Chopin's short story contains themes of societal repression of women, emancipation from the patriarchy and the pursuit of liberty, and the perils of marriage and monogamy. Chopin's use of a myriad of literary techniques such as imagery and repetition highlight the…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist, suffragist, and writer. She had views that middle class women were enslaved by “masculisnist” ideas of domesticity. (Perkins, 64) After experiencing what could be described today as post partum depression, she sought the help of a prominent doctor named S. Weir Mitchell. His treatment was the norm for those days, which called for no intellectual stimulation, lots of food, and complete rest (Perkins, 62). With that treatment it was no surprise that a woman…

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality” -Lewis Caroll. However, the speaker of the poem “Ironing Their Clothes” by Julia Alvarez believed that imagination will create a reality. The speaker lacks affection from her family members since their lives are too busy for love. She uses her duty to connect with her father, mother, and sister by replacing them with their clothing. She believes that she can not only express her love for them through this, but also mend all of their…

women to be dominated by men. In literature, during the 19th century, women were often portrayed as submissives to men. During this time period women were controlled by “superiors” like their husbands or fathers. “ The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an excellent example of literature that portrays the submissions of women toward men. “ The Yellow Wallpaper” is an accurate ,useful description of the process of a woman's descent into madness through oppression. Hysteria was…

Freedom of thought hasn't always been accessible for women. In the 19th century women were belittled and restricted from expressing their thoughts and feelings. And when a woman did express any form of emotion other than obedience, she was labeled as insane. Ernest Hemingway gave a reporter a perfect response of sexism over a friend's breakup, ¨But why couldn’t he have told her to go to hell? Because she was sick. It’s being sick makes them act so bloody awful usually and it’s because they’re…

Susan Glaspell, born in 1876 was an American play writer, novelist, journalist, and actress. In her time, she wrote many short stories and plays which began appearing in magazines and journals. One of Glaspell’s best works was a one-act play called Trifles written and performed in 1916. While working as a journalist for Des Monines Daily News, she covered the 1900 murder of John Hossack which is where she received the inspiration for the loosely based play and in 1917 was turned into a short…

A Man With All His F-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s Intact J.D. Salinger is an author with a complicated past of misogyny, pedophilia, and abusing his female spouses. Former lover of Salinger’s, though she prefers not to be remembered that way, and author, Joyce Maynard, has said, “The vision that emerges of Salinger’s relationships with women… is a bleak one, suggesting a man who spent his life fixated on a fantasy of youthful innocence while refusing to contend with the realities of day-to-day domestic…