Silas Marner

GCSE coursework 1 phoebe williams Water dripping from broken pipework, the wind whistling through smashed windows, A girl came across a building which was exposed yet away from civilisation. The building which, in her opinion, looked as if it was an old hospital. However at first from where she was standing, an asylum. Every window, door, entrance and possible way of getting in was boarded up, explaining the boot marks and crowbars on the floor of people who…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal…” When George Washington, John Adams and the rest of our founding fathers inked this in to the Declaration of Independence they most certainly meant men and not their counterpart women. The mistreatment of women in our world has to be one of the most blatant issues with our modern society. In the United States every dollar a man earns a woman receives $0.72. Oppression: the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment of a culture…

"There you go dear." She said, handing the book over. "I don't have to pay?" "Of course not, this isn't reality dear." Spoken with a smile. That line alone made Aisling confused by what she meant by it all she did was smile in return and walked out with that book. The sky was fading into dusk which was odd as Aisling assumed it as early afternoon and spent maybe ten minutes inside that place, although it seemed have to skipped hours. Possibly days too. The sense of time being almost…

Emily Dickinson and Charlotte Gilman Perkins characters in their poems are both being challenged to keep forces out and away from others so they can be alone with their thoughts and secrets. However, they both differ in their reasoning, motives and strategies. The study of these to works will reveal the differences in their methods to achieve their goals. At first glance, Dickinson and Perkins are both capable of having and keeping secrets in common. They both revere their independence and…

An Inactive Mind Through history women have always been the subjects of suppression, and the author of “The Yellow Wallpaper” was no exception. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Connecticut in 1860; she was known for being an unenthusiastic housewife. She enjoyed her work as a writer, but knew she lived in a male dominant society, therefore she feared being a housewife because it might interfere with her work. After giving birth to her first child, she became very ill and depresses. During,…

The novel Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger is about a young actress named Franny and her mental breakdown. Her brother, Zooey throughout the novel tries to “cure” Franny and guide her through this difficult time. In the novel they both seem to put on this dramatic performance for each other and the readers. Salinger presents the story through the eyes of Buddy the older brother of the two main characters, who was second hand telling the story. Salinger uses Buddy as a pawn so he can be in the…

barren window. She says “The windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls” (4). Here rings seems to be some type of game which is played by children. Like children women were also considered to be nonsensical, irrational whose mind is thought to be in knee. The rings in the window seems to be like the bars of the prison in which women are captivated so that women could not be able to escape. They should remain trapped in the patriarchal prison because…

The structure of the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”, contrive a perception of immediacy and affection. The narrator wrote the story in a journal-style, first-person narrative that has nine short entries; a small space marks each of the entries amidst it and the last. The entries of the journal distance three months during which John endeavor to cure his wife’s anxiety condition. At the beginning of the story, the writer appears mentally ill and trustworthy, as the story continues, the reader…

The author uses the natural world to describe situations, feelings and emotions. The short story of “The Fly Paper” by Elizabeth Taylor is a literary fiction. The story concerns an eleven years old, Sylvia, who is on her way to a music lesson when she gets disturbed by a creepy guy. The Author includes a fly paper in the story to show how Sylvia is feeling. “She stared up at a fly-paper hanging in the windows. The only disconcerting thing in the room”. We are meant to understand that Sylvia is…

The main issue described in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is portrayed on her awareness of how a woman is supervised and dominated by a man. Nevertheless, the social complexity of a woman’s substance should not solemnly rely on the dependent of a man. Perkins describes how particular John, the husband, was about how his wife, Jane, should follow each of her daily responsibilities very carefully, doing so every hour of every day. The underlying issue is how John’s…