Silas Marner

experiences throughout the story, helping to draw a more personal connection. The story of the woman is written as an autobiography as said by Mary Dunn, “She describes the treatment of women during a rest cure prescribed for nervous disorders by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell” (par. 1). In an indirect way she depicts her mental state as it diminishes over time and her plead for liberation towards the end. She expresses this in several ways, over time you can begin to see the obstruction of the way she…

Charlotte Perkins-Gilman’s short story ‘the Yellow Wallpaper is an excellent example of the toxic gender roles in the Victorian or Edwardian era. In the short story the gender roles of the society effects the relationship between the narrator and her husband, John. This can be seen through the way John treats the narrator throughout the story, how the narrator allows John to keep the power in the relationship and how in the end the narrator refers to herself as ‘free’ after the wallpaper drives…

Mental health is a wide topic that is a main element in the texts I have chosen. It can be argued that alongside the loss of sanity, comes isolation. Whether the isolation comes before or after, the isolation seems to act as a catalyst for the depletion of the mental health of characters. Shakespeare has used mental health in many of his works such as Macbeth and King Lear and this use of mental health as a subject matter is one of the reasons why Shakespeare is renowned now. Arguably, one of…

Chelsea Helms Lauren Allen English 101-Section 070 11 November 2014 The Sickness of “The Yellow Wallpaper” In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the main female character is diagnosed with a “nervous condition” and is forced to live in an isolated environment with only her husband and a select few people for the summer. Throughout the story, her husband John, who is also a physician, treats her much like a child because of her supposed illness. During the 1800s, psychology had…

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…

Overthinking causes many effects on people, from going crazy to even feeling free. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson is on how the narrator of the story gets carried away in her mind by a yellow wallpaper. Through the story, the narrator finds herself both trapped and set free due to the wallpaper, which has an odd peculiar pattern and a woman, with also the writing that helps her through the story with both factors helping her gain control in her being able to break and feel…

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…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the author of a very intriguing story called “The Yellow Wallpaper.” This story is a very haunting and psychological kind of story that gives you a feminist point of view. This story is about a wife who is sick and a husband who is a doctor. He diagnosed her with a mental illness, and tells her she just needs to rest, and she will become better. The husband locks her in an upstairs bedroom, with bars, and with yellow wallpaper. She soon become kind of obsessed and…