Yellow fever

The societal conventions that have enslaved individuals in regards to race, sexuality, gender roles, among other social constructs, have been used to debilitate women in particular. Most people often feel they are imprisoned in a box, suffocating from the pressure to conform to societal norms. This idea is explored in the short story written by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour.” Chopin elucidates the social conventions that have plagued women along with the impact they cause through Mrs.…

This is an extract from Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. We see how Offred describes her breakfast with great detail due to her boredom in her bedroom followed by the birth ceremony of Ofwarren’s child. This occurs after she recounts her memory of being pregnant and being with her husband before the Regime. Atwood manages to make two specific themes prominent in this extract of women's bodies being used as political instruments and religion showing effect of oppression. She makes these…

The fate of most Indian women in a male dominating society is that they have no liberty to express their feelings. The dramatist establishes the concept that the plight of the Indian women is such that they are doomed to be always at the mercy of the men folk. Right from the ancient days, till the present, with certain exceptions, the situation has remained the same. Even Chitralekha, in spite of her being the daughter-in-law of the Bharatha family, is not an exception. Like most women in India,…

Both The Awakening and The Poisonwood Bible hold many themes that are similar and events that correlate to one another. In The Awakening, Edna is unhappy in her marriage, feeling like she is the only one who ever does anything around the house while her husband goes to work and does little around the house. In The Poisonwood Bible, Orleanna has the feelings of regret in even marrying Nathan as he becomes very hard headed after the war. Orleanna feels like her husband just does not care anymore…

“A Worn Path” was published in February of 1941, by Eudora Welty. Some other works written by Welty are “The Optimist's Daughter”, “Death of a Traveling Salesman”, and “The Robber Bridegroom”. Common themes and symbolisms seen throughout her short stories are racism, the deep south, journey, and lots of indirect characterization. Welty is from Mississippi, and most of her stories are set down south. “A Worn Path” is a short novel set in the south and introduces the journey of a young African…

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”, there is a constant gender dynamic present between the female narrator and her husband, seen in their antagonistic interactions. This dynamic sets up a hierarchy which restricts the woman’s agency and dismisses her concerns. This constant dismissal and subjugation of the female figure denies her of authenticity and agency, driving her to the brink of madness. However, the madness inflicted as a result of stifling patriarchy becomes a tool of…

Issue of Identity in Charlotte P. Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Research Objective The Yellow Wallpaper is a semi autobiographical short story by Charlotte P. Gilman. It was first published in January 1892 and is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature exploring the role of women in America at the time. The story is about a woman who gradually begins to lose her sanity when she is made to live in isolation and not allowed to engage in any activity other than taking…

Conner St. Laurent Advanced English 10 Journal Entries for The Secret Life of Bees Chapter 1-2 Quote “People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life.” (2) Lily said that in the beginning of the novel in the exposition. This very important quote explains how Lily’s life has been immensely affected from her mother passing away. The quote pretty much proposes that living with someone’s death can be more painful than dying yourself. She also claimed that dying couldn’t be…

ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT 4 ANALYTICAL ESSAY ”Everything she had dreamed for herself faded away, like fine mist on a breeze”. This strong quote incapsulates the feeling of a failed dream, though in its original context, the quote also tells a story of 1970’s America and society’s gender roles. The quote comes from Celeste Ng’s 2014 novel ‘Everything I never told you’, which deals with the suicide of a mixed-race child. However, this is hardly the story that Celeste is trying to tell with her novel,…

Quotation Response We learned to lip-read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other's mouths." (4) Context: The narrator describes her way of communication towards the woman that are trapped just like she is. (R) – Based on this passage I can infer that the woman trapped here are not allowed to speak to one another at all, it seems that “no speaking” is a rule they are reckoned to follow. These rules ably them to find their own way communication by “Lip reading”…