Yellow Peril

“A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner about a psychotic woman by the name of Emily Grierson. Emily appears to be greatly separated from the reality of life and proves to be depressed and lonely due to past life circumstances. After the death of her father and the series of unfortunate events she experiences throughout her life, Emily deals with her pain by residing in a world filled with sorrow and depression. Unfortunately, not being able to overcome her life…

In “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman utilizes characterization to demonstrate how men abuse their power to ensure women are perceived as incapable beings, and how this abuse becomes internalized within women, resulting in complicity of oppression and deteriorated mental states. John employs his patriarchal and doctoral standings to diagnosis his wife as mentally ill, thus restricting her in misogynistic gender roles. Through John’s actions, his sister Jennie becomes complicit in…

Alix Kates Shulman once said, “Sexism goes so deep that at first it’s hard to see; you think it’s just reality.” Sexism is something that, at one time, was taught, but now is an accepted part of society. The Great Depression brought out the worst aspects of sexism by complicating the roles of women and discrimination and hardships in the workplace and in society. These issues are all depicted through the character of Curley’s wife in the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. Mother,…

Injustice in Women 's Mental Health Care Female inequality is a touchy subject but is very much real. Females have fought long and hard to get where they are today but still have a long way to go. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote a short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” that gives readers an idea of how mental health care was in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Health care has improved drastically since this time period so 21st century readers can be shocked at how inhumane this story may seem. John…

Research Topic The Yellow wallpaper is a short story that was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The short story engages in stereotypes of women in society. The fact that Gilman introduces a woman in the story and how she goes crazy because the role she is able to play in the society is limited, and also the ability for her to express herself creatively is constricted, simply points out how Gillman is making a Feminist statement by critiquing society’s view of women in general and the…

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” the author tells the story of her isolation that her husband deemed to be necessary for her. She tells us about her husband that is a doctor who believes that she has temporary nervous depression and that he believed her isolation was key to helping her get better. In Jimmy Santiago Baca’ “So Mexicans are Taking Jobs From Americans” discusses the issues that Americans believe to be Mexicans taking jobs away from us. Baca’s poem is all about…

Unabashed and slightly eccentric, Charlotte Perkins Gilman delivers a story of the chaotic mess known as reality. Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper”, is a story that has been both criticized and debated about the true nature of the piece. With some readers claiming it to be a ghost story, and others believing the story as one of a controlling relationship between man and wife. While there appears to be an element that can only be described as eerie or ghostlike, this story is not one of ghosts.…

The vectors for the transmission of Dengue fever (DF) are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. These vectors are two different types of mosquitoes that are also the vectors for the spread of Yellow fever virus and Chikungunya. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are native to tropical and subtropical areas throughout the entire world. Dengue fever is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito infected with the dengue virus. In most cases the…

“The Yellow Wallpaper,” written by Charlotte Gilman, is a short story that shocked society when it was first published in 1892. This work was inspired by her own life struggles. Having suffering through postpartum depression, Gilman became an advocate of the pitfalls of rest cure. Yellow, a color commonly associated with the joy eliciting sunshine, is also known as an anxiety inducing color. The color yellow that stains the wallpaper of the room the main character is confined to sets the uneasy…

were the group that led strict lives to follow the conducts set by society, their husbands, and even other women. Although some women were educated, they were not allowed to write or openly express their ideas. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”, an unnamed narrator is one of those women who dared to write, although in secret. After giving birth to her son, she becomes emotionally unstable and discontented with her condition. So her husband decides to cure her neurasthenia by…