Yellow Peril

Story of an Hour” and Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” both focus on the feministic ideas and struggles of women through the use of irony and symbolism to help channel their message towards the audience. Both stories take place in the late 19th century, a time when women were oppressed and thought of to be below men. The main characters of each story, which are women in both, feel trapped their “illnesses”. Jane, the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, had a metal disorder which…

The scariest experiences can make the most important impacts. In “Prisoner of Tehran”, Marina Nemat utilizes setting and quotes to convey her many challenges that someone at her age should have never encountered. These challenges triggered memories of her earlier childhood before being arrested. In 246, Marina experienced discomfort and fear. In the different prison she met Taraneh and got to see her old friend Sarah. 246 did not have enough room for all the prisoners. “During the time of the…

Hammurabi became king of a small city-state named Babylon nearly 4,000 years ago. He ruled over 1,000,000 people. He also created a code of laws that had 282 written laws. “We know little about Hammurabi’s personal life, but we do know that he ruled for 42 years. For the first 30 years he ruled mostly over Babylon. Later he eventually ruled over all over Babylon.” (BGE) Hammurabi’s code: Was It Just? Family law, Property law, Personal Injury law was just. Hammurabi's code was just. Examples of…

In Frank Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger” and Charlotte Stetson’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the protagonist is forced to conform to the society in which she lives. In “The Lady or the Tiger,” the king’s daughter must endure her father’s harsh laws, and watch as her lover is thrown into an arena, forced to randomly choose a fate: a life married to a beautiful woman, or a terrifying death by tiger. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the main character struggles with post- partum depression. Her…

Zachary Nevin. “Rising from the Fall: Experience and Grace in Goblin Market and Comus” in Stanford undergraduate research journal (SURJ), Vol 9, 2009, pp. 31-36 Purpose of article The journal article ‘Rising from the Fall: Experience and Grace in Goblin Market and Comus’ published in 2009 by Zachary Nevin in the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ) compares and contrasts ideologies of the theme fall in Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ and John Milton’s ‘Comus’ Summary The article…

Tradition is a long established custom or belief that is passed on from generation to generation. Cultures has their own traditions and many times they are broken when new generations are born. The film Whale Rider illustrates a culture in transition. The Maori people of New Zealand are looking for their male descendant of Paikea, a male ancestor who survived on the back of a whale after his boat capsized. Koro Pai’s grandfather has been looking for the next chief to lead them and restore…

Although 'The Yellow Wallpaper” and “A Great Day” may not be considered 'contemporary' they still alert the reader to social problems that are still relevant in today’s modern world. In 'The Yellow Wallpaper' (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Jane faces the social problem of what it feels like to not meet her society’s expectations of femininity. In “A Great Day” Fred faces the social problem of what it feels like, again to not meet the expectations of masculinity in his society. 'The Yellow…

‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a fine example of how a narrator can use language to mirror their own state of mind. Throughout this story both intentional and unintentional hints are given which give us an insight into the female narrator’s psyche. The language in this story changes throughout. In the beginning of this short story about a woman who is suffering from a severe mental illness, the narrator’s thoughts are fluid and her speech is very much controlled. However,…

Generally speaking, Twain represents realism through the lifestyles of Huck, the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons, and the townspeople, and shows how all the characters are flawed. To begin with, Huck’s lifestyle is difficult and flawed, and this is shown in the very beginning when the Widow Douglas takes him in. Huck says, “...she took me for her own son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time…”(1). Huck establishes his opposition of…

A brave woman sang a sombre song from a birdcage in the late 19th century. As a novelist and also well-known feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman fearlessly spoke up about her conception, freedom, in her masterpiece “The Yellow Wallpaper”. She proposed big issue-divorce- around that time. In this semi-autographical story, she describes her conflict of marital discord. Gilman intertwines her frustrations about a relationship with her husband and depicts the distress through many symbolisms, so that…