Kendrick Perkins

The Literary Devices in “The Yellow Wallpaper” Throughout life, there are many people who go through depression, which can change a person’s whole life. In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, focused on the main character Jane, also the narrator deals with depression. Due to her depression, she is isolated in a room with “yellow wallpaper” so she can recuperate. There are many literary devices used in the story to explain what the narrator is going through. The…

Example 1: The movie which I have found related to the subject of bullying is “Odd Girl Out”. This movie was directed by Tom McLoughlin in 2005. The story of the movie is based on the novel “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls”. This movie covers the story of the victim of bullying of a girl named Vanessa Snyder by his female classmates, Stacey, Nikki and Tiffany. Nasty rumor, web of lies is spared by Nikki about Vanessa that causes a great psychological disturbance for…

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” was written in 1894 and explores the position of women within the 19th century society. An interesting aspect of this short story is that it is an early example of feminism in literature. Chopin is subtle, but very effective, in criticizing marriage and the role and position of women during the Victorian Era. The purpose of this essay is to make an approach into the mythic constructions of femininity in this Kate Chopin’s story but also to explore how the…

In the nineteenth century, European and American women lived in an era described by gender inequality. Women had few of the social, legal, or political rights: they had extremely restricted control over property after marriage, they didn't have the right to vote or even testify in court, and were barred to enrolled any higher education institutions. To add more, Women were expected to remain obedient to their husbands and fathers, their occupational choices were also extremely limited.(Olson,…

Comparison between The Yellow Wallpaper and The Tell-Tale heart The Yellow Wallpaper deals with the mental breakdown of an unnamed female character, she is fighting with a mental condition and society, and her Physician husband. She becomes an isolated inmate of a yellow wallpaper pasted on the room behind her bed in a large house despite having illusions of a woman. In the other hand of Poe's short story , "The-Tell Tale Heart", the central character was a genderless person who was taking…

period that the two stories, “Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” took place, the confinement of women was the norm of society whether self-inflicted or against one’s will. The authors of the short stories are Kate Chopin and Charlotte Gilman Perkins, their writings are very similar in some ways but they also have differences. The main focus is the setting, in the two short stories, “Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” the settings are remotely the same but the way that they…

The Seed “Isolation forms its own kind of companionship. “- Jhumpa Lahiri, This statement reflects the whole theme of isolation and it reinforces how the human body cannot go very long without communicating with someone else because after all if you take communication out of our DNA we become nothing more than animals. In the chronicles about “A Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, compare the lives of two women being constantly oppressed by males,…

Throughout much of the history of medicine in the United States women have been marginalized, whether as patients or as practitioners of medicine themselves. Journalist Nellie Bly and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman are no strangers to this alienation as their works “Ten Days in a Madhouse” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” critique the treatment of women and female mental health patients in the male dominated medical establishment. These works expose how doctors, specifically male as during this time…

Mrs. Mallard, a wife in “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin, who is expected to fit the role of a housewife, leaves her feeling suppressed, devalued and discredited. There has been social inequality within society dating back to 1472 when the Portuguese negotiated the first slave trade agreement and continuous social inequality within society in the present day. Different laws have been passed throughout history, diminishing the rights of individuals in society, this is exemplified throughout…

In literature and film, the taboo topic of mental illness is often utilised as a mechanism to either initiate the plot or convey certain themes within the piece. In Paul Coehlo's 1998 novel, "Veronika Decides to Die", the seemingly successful protagonist, Veronika, chooses to commit suicide as she believes that life is meaningless and empty. On the other hand, "Girl, Interrupted" is a film directed by James Mangold and is based on the memoir written by Susanna Kaysen's, depicting her time in a…