Silas Weir Mitchell

Insanity changes the way we perceive the people and world around us, in the poem “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the lady’s developing insanity warps her perception of the land she’s been cursed not to see. Her outlook on her situation darkens as her gripping insanity takes hold of everything she had left. Through cacophony, pathetic fallacy, and repetition it is shown how the lady’s being stuck in her own version of Plato’s allegory of the cave leads her to insanity. Lord…

In this paper I will examine the two short stories ‘A Diary Of a Madman’ by Nikolai Gogol and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ tells the story of an unnamed married woman who--according to the narration-- suffers from a ‘temporary nervous depression’ and as the story progresses she gradually loses her sense of self and reality. The story of Ivanovich Poprishchin in ‘A Diary of a Madman’ progresses in a similar manner, as the anxious and socially…

“Neutral Tones” is a poem of failed love written by Thomas Hardy during the year of 1867. It expresses the bitter end of a relationship and the deep rooted feeling of regret. The poem is believed to be written about a woman by the name of Eliza Nicholls, who Hardy met during his first visit to London in 1863 (Bloom 37). “Neutral Tones” includes Hardy’s predictable references to God, gloom, and distaste for a relationship. In the poem, the speaker reminisces about standing next to a pond on a…

Is there a “right” way to parent? The two stories My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult and The Glass by Jeannette Walls are the stories of two very different dysfunctional families. In My Sisters Keeper, the Fitzgerald family’s eldest daughter, Kate, is going through leukemia treatment, while their other daughter Anna, the narrator, was born to donate body parts to Kate. Kate eventually becomes tired of treatment and wishes to die but cannot tell her caring parents that, and she request that Anna…

ABSTRACT: - In this paper I will be dealing with women characters in the novel of Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies. I will focus on the plight of women during the nineteenth century and under colonial rule their condition was even worse. Opium effects life of all women characters directly or indirectly in the novel. I will discuss briefly character of each woman with special focus on Deeti. The character of Paulette daughter of a French botanist living in Calcutta, she respects Indian culture like…

The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story that could drive just about anyone mad reading it. That was not the Authors goal though. Her true goal in writing The Yellow Wallpaper was actually to save women from going mad due to the resting cure which was highly popularized in Gilman’s life. The Yellow Wallpaper is more than just a fictional story, but a piece of literature that speaks on behalf of women and shows how much the female sex has been…

practically hears his voice in her head, telling her what to think and when she thinks in a way that her husband does not agree with a sense of guilt fills her. It is also said in the story, "John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell…

Analysis and interpretation of Rudyard Kipling’s short story “Lispeth” The short story “Lispeth” is about the Indian Hill-girl Lispeth, who, ever since her parents died of cholera, is a half-servant, half-companion for two Englishmen; a priest and his wife. The story deals with many issues, such as identity crisis and unrequited love, but most of all a critique of Christianity and on the Western mindset towards the natives. The point of view in this short story is a 3rd person point of view…

“Dear Lord, I miss that woman...if she were still alive, I wouldn’t be here...I didn’t stand a chance against the kids. The first time I took a fall, they had it sewn up as quick as you can say Cracker Jack” (Gruen 108). In her novel, Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen explores how nursing homes can have a negative psychological effect on the elderly causing them increased mental health problems. The psychology of nursing home patients has not been widely studied due to poor funding and lack of…

Arian Rivera Ms. Paterson Honors 10 Literature 20 February, 2017 Oppression in The Yellow Wallpaper The story The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892 depicts a young woman suffering through both oppression and depression. Seen as “a man’s property” during the 19th century. Families could be classified as patriarchal with the me being the breadwinner and the women staying back to tend to normal house duties. Women during this time would suffer through oppressive states…