Essays about: "the yellow wallpaper"

Found 4 essays containing the words the yellow wallpaper.

  1. 1. Make Room for the New Woman : The Extinction of the Earth-bound Angel in Three Short Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Julia Hellström; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist consciousness; gender; space; patriarchy; repression;

    Abstract : This essay explores the feminist message in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “An Extinct Angel” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The relationship between space and gender will be examined in connection with theoretical conceptions of female consciousness. READ MORE

  3. 2. The True Cost of Womanhood: A study of women's mental health in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Monika Truncyte; [2020]
    Keywords : Mental health; mental illness; the US; the 19th century; the 20th century; feminism; the yellow wallpaper; the bell jar.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines the depiction of women’s mental health and the effects which societal ideals have on it in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. These two literary works openly criticise the societal standards of femininity in the 19th and 20th centuries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Power play in The Bell Jar and "The Yellow Wallpaper" : How power play is manifested towards the protagonists in The Bell Jar and "The Yellow Wallpaper"

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Ana Vujovic; [2011]
    Keywords : power play; mental illness; recovery; treatment; patient-caregiver relationship; Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Sylvia Plath; Reet Sjögren;

    Abstract : Abstract This paper will attempt to analyze how similar forms of power play are manifested towards the protagonists in both The Bell Jar and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The aim of the essay is to investigate how power play affects the protagonists’ relations with their caregivers and how it affects their treatments. READ MORE

  5. 4. Understanding the Feminist Message in Gilman´s "The Yellow Wallpaper"

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Mia Enqvist; [2006]
    Keywords : ;

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