Kendrick Perkins

Imaginative Liberation In Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” the reader is able to see the traditional marital ways in the 1800’s, and goes on to show the mental instability that many women faced during this era. This story gives an infinite example of how women were treated as second class citizens with their authoritative male figures, and treating them and keeping them in their childish ways. John, the narrator’s husband a bright physician caught up in his own success and…

women in every aspect. The husband of a house usually made all of the decisions while the wife stayed home and cared for the children and took care of the house. Men were driven by an egotistical stereotype that they knew what is best. Charlotte Perkins Gilman lived during this time period and underwent the same suppression and subordination that countless women experienced. During this time period, Gilman wrote one of her most famous and controversial short storie which expressed the…

Throughout our history women have been seen as inferior beings, unable to fulfill the same roles in society as men. This was true for women in the Nineteenth Century, who were considered to be different biologically; hence, weak, illogical, and dependent. While men were considered to be rational creatures, women were considered emotional and prone to develop depression and being susceptible to madness. Men were prepared to work outside the home; because of their nature, they were more capable…

life. Many authors take these influences and transform them into a work of art, whether it be a painting, poem, or even a story. These influences range from one’s beliefs, one’s achievements, and sometimes one’s disability. After reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” readers infer how Gilman’s work is largely influenced by her own suffering from mental illness, her feminist ideas, and by women’s oppression she faces in the 19th century. Gilman…

The Discourse of Feminism Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892) is about a woman who suffers from post-traumatic depression. Her husband, John, and she moved to a summer vacation house that is in a very isolating place, separated from society. John, who is also her doctor, recommended that she need absolute rest and confinement. This contradicts what she believe will cure her. She believed that being active and having freedom will do her good. This makes her begin to write…

Victorian Women: Society’s Puppets In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator of the text was depicted as a woman suffering from an anxiety illness that she identifies as real, but her blinded husband, John, thought she wasn’t sick at all and all she needed was to rest for a while. As the text progressed, the narrator began to become connected to the yellow wallpaper in the nursery room she was staying at, seeing things move within the wallpaper and even seeing women…

hold the power to take what was once sane and turn it on its head. These traumas, regardless of their severity, cause an imaginary footprint in a person’s brain and the longer they fester, the larger they become. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Witty Ticcy Ray” by Oliver Sacks both show signs of two very different versions of what can be deemed crazy. Both use themes of confinement and manipulation to bring the instability of their characters to the forefront. These…

have always been considered lower then men and have strived for equal rights for many years causing many uproars and debates. After many writings, rallies and debates the rights of women have changed overtime. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf both discuss women and how they were treated during their perspective time periods. These two female authors discuss important aspects of women’s history and their individual viewpoints. Woolf…

he goes against the conformity of life in the humdrum neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where he resides. The study of Paul 's temperament digs deep into the psyche and depicts how an inimical social atmosphere can deteriorate the human mind. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 's, "The Yellow Wallpaper", is a cynical tale compiled from a collection of journal entries in which, a woman suffering from manic depression catalogs her descent into madness, and probable suicide. The woman presents herself as a naive…

In both Victorian and contemporary literature the subordination of women leads to the breakdown of mental stability due to the patriarchal society and the social pressures that are attached. In who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, Albee’s use of symbolic elements is given contemporary edge by the presence of social issues. Thus, as a parallel to the failure of communication within marriage there is a division created between the lifestyles of the two couples. The only way for George and Martha to…