Essay On A Rose For Emily And The Yellow Wallpaper
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Two innocent women trapped in a peculiar world of delusion, inmates in the prisons of their minds, struggling to break free. The short stories “A Rose for Emily “and “The Yellow Wallpaper” draw us into a world where the female characters have become emotionally distraught, and brought to the verge of insanity. Many read these stories, and find themselves sympathetic for the women. They sympathizing about how the choices and thoughts of the men in their lives lead them down their paths of destruction. But is this really the case? Are they really the cause of their insanity, or is someone or something driving their emotions? What role do they play on the mental state of their beloved women? Perhaps these men and women are just caught up in unfortunate situations. Is it possible to argue that what drove them insane was love? The male characters portray a significant domineering presence in these stories. When sensing the Prevailing male, usually the submissive female becomes quiet and somewhat intimidated, she waits for him to decide, what to do, where to go, and how to do it, she will never interrupt him, and will likely turn to him as an advisor when she is dealing with personal struggles. This is found in the narration of the “The Yellow Wall Paper” when the narrator is writing in her journal she interrupts her train of thought to write in a statement made by her husband John; who is advising her as a doctor, as if he was present in the room. “But John says if I feel so I shall neglect proper self-control; so I take pains to control myself-before him at least, and that makes me very tired” (Gilman pg 275). At the end of a rose for Emily the reader finds themselves sympathizing about how her life ended up, and how it all could ... ... middle of paper ... ...he eventual results the male dominating characters create, even if they have they had right intentions is a breakdown of the women’s psyche. John’s wife ends up going crazy and tearing the wall paper off the wall, in doing so she is able to break free from his domination. The last lines in the story have her walking over top of him as if he is nothing to her anymore. Homer Barron is found dead in the upstairs room of Emily’s house in what appears to be a murder, not only is he denied a proper burial he is left to rot away locked in a place that only Emily has the key to open. Most of us, even if we don't mean to, do at times try to control the people we are close to. When you try to control someone, you are attempting to take away the choice of how he or she wants to behave. Eventually these actions will erode the relationship and the consequences can be dramatic.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the short stories "a rose for emily" and "the yellow wallpaper" draw us into a world where the female characters have become emotionally distraught and brought to the verge of insanity.
- Analyzes how the male characters portray a domineering presence in these stories. when sensing the prevailing male, the submissive female becomes quiet and intimidated.
- Analyzes how william faulkner felt sympathy for emily because she wanted to have a normal southern woman's life, but her father chased all her suitors away and essentially doomed her. sympathy might better be placed with the male characters.
- Analyzes how the short stories "a rose for emily" and "the yellow wallpaper" draw us into a world where the female characters have become emotionally distraught and brought to the verge of insanity.
- Analyzes how the male characters portray a domineering presence in these stories. when sensing the prevailing male, the submissive female becomes quiet and intimidated.
- Analyzes how william faulkner felt sympathy for emily because she wanted to have a normal southern woman's life, but her father chased all her suitors away and essentially doomed her. sympathy might better be placed with the male characters.
- Analyzes how john's approach to helping his wife is similar to most loving husbands; he tries to offer her the best medical care possible. he takes his cues from silas weir mitchell who was a well-known and respected physician of the time period.
- Analyzes how faulkner didn't approve of emily's father in "a rose for emily." he protects her from the outside world, but she succumbs to his directions, guidelines, and demands.
- Analyzes how homer barron becomes emily's prince charming. she is blind to his pretentious characteristics, and since she is desperate to fill the void left by her father, emily is eager to peruse marriage with homer.
- Analyzes how the gender roles of the male and female characters both invoke emotions of love and hate in the characters and the readers.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the oppressive nature of patriarchy drives the women in a rose for emily and the yellow wall-paper insane.
- Analyzes how emily's father smothers her with his over-protectiveness, and she falls for homer baron, who "liked men" and was "not a marrying man."
- Analyzes how the "patrimony of a man" destroys emily and the first-person narrator of "the yellow wall-paper," secluded from life and reality by her over-protective husband.
- Analyzes how the oppressive nature of patriarchy drives the women in a rose for emily and the yellow wall-paper insane.
- Analyzes how emily's father smothers her with his over-protectiveness, and she falls for homer baron, who "liked men" and was "not a marrying man."
- Analyzes how the "patrimony of a man" destroys emily and the first-person narrator of "the yellow wall-paper," secluded from life and reality by her over-protective husband.
- Analyzes how the setting of "a rose for emily" and "the yellow wall-paper" shows how each woman's societal role dooms her to insanity.
- Analyzes how the wallpaper symbolizes the narrator's role in society, and the trapped woman behind the paper is symbolic of herself.
- Explains that both faulkner and gilman write these stories with a common purpose-to expose the cruelty inflicted upon women by society.
- Analyzes how a young girl with normal aspirations to find love was brow-beaten and kept down by her father.
- Analyzes how nagano explains why emily murders homer, stating that when she found a man, she had no experience in people, who was about to desert her.
- Analyzes how gilman's essay, "why i wrote the yellow wall-paper," reveals her past that is similar to that of her narrator. after suffering from nervous breakdowns for several years, she seeks the guidance of the best known specialist in the country.
- Analyzes how de beauvoir describes the late-nineteenth century society in which emily and gilman's narrator live.
- Describes the works of de beauvoir, simone, and william faulkner.
- Explains gilman, charlotte perkins, "why i wrote 'the yellow wall-paper.'" the forerunner, october 1913.
1546 wordsRead More - The Life of Miss Emily Grierson in Faulkner's A Rose for Emilyanalytical essayIn William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a short unpleasant story. Everybody faces difficult hardships, relationships, and family matters, such as life and death of loved ones. While going through those difficult times people end up having a difficult time by letting go of loved ones. After reading “A Rose for Emily”, Miss Emily Grierson had to experience difficult times in her life. She could not date anybody, her father passed away, she met a soon to be great guy, poisoned him, and end up being alone.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how william faulkner's "a rose for emily" is a short unpleasant story. everyone faces difficult hardships, relationships, and family matters, such as life and death of loved ones.
- Analyzes how miss emily grierson's father was a difficult person to deal with because he didn't want her dating anyone or spending time with friends.
- Analyzes how miss emily was antisocial and didn't want to socialize with the people in her community. she met them at the door dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face.
- Analyzes how william faulkner's "a rose for emily" is a short unpleasant story. everyone faces difficult hardships, relationships, and family matters, such as life and death of loved ones.
- Analyzes how miss emily grierson's father was a difficult person to deal with because he didn't want her dating anyone or spending time with friends.
- Analyzes how miss emily was antisocial and didn't want to socialize with the people in her community. she met them at the door dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face.
- Analyzes how miss emily cut most of her hair off, which made her look more like a girl, almost weird looking. the town she lived in had contracts for paving the sidewalks.
- Narrates how miss emily grierson, an aristocratic woman, was admired by the community. she and homer barron were out and about in the streets again.
- Opines that if a woman purchases an entire outfit for homer barron, they are obviously dating or married.
- Cites sparknotes' "a rose for emily" and "faulkner's short stories."
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- Analyzes how kate chopin's "the story of the hour" and charlotte perkins gillman’s “the yellow wallpaper” are written by american women and how their marriage was brought about. their husbands were controlling and treated them more like children.
- Analyzes how the women in "the yellow wallpaper" were mentally-ill and couldn't function in daily routine. they felt like their husband was controlling but they were being taken care of.
- Analyzes how kate chopin's center of attention was mainly focused on the women on how they viewed themselves without their husbands.
- Analyzes how kate chopin's "the story of the hour" and charlotte perkins gillman’s “the yellow wallpaper” are written by american women and how their marriage was brought about. their husbands were controlling and treated them more like children.
- Analyzes how the women in "the yellow wallpaper" were mentally-ill and couldn't function in daily routine. they felt like their husband was controlling but they were being taken care of.
- Analyzes how kate chopin's center of attention was mainly focused on the women on how they viewed themselves without their husbands.
- Analyzes how gilman's story reflects on mentally ill women who is mentally and physically trapped in her own mind.
- Narrates how the woman's husband came looking for her because she had locked herself in her room. she wanted to take all the wallpaper off the walls so that she was let free from the bars of her captives.
- Analyzes how kate chopin and charlotte perkins gillman explore their issues on wanting to be free of the control of their husband.
692 wordsRead More - Ednaanalytical essayThe concept how woman are treated in modern times have changed drastically compared to woman who lived in the conservative period. That period was the time where the perception of individuals in general dealt with countless restraints. The women were the ones who were affected the most because these values had strongly influenced them. Woman behaved in a way how their husband’s wanted because they were living their lives by the controlled ways of the man. The story of “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the story of “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin are two stories that show accurately the way how women were treated at that time; exactly Edna and the other women. I want to discuss that the main characters of these two stories; Edna and the other women’s liberty were interdicted by their husbands. Finally, the way how both stories end; Edna’s suicide, and the other women’s insanity; demonstrates their inability to escape from the unhappy reality. None of them found the real strength, to outdo the restriction and effects of society, to attain their independence and freedom that they continuously wanted to achieve.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the concept of how women are treated in modern times has changed drastically compared to women who lived in the conservative period.
- Analyzes how the main character in "the awakening" is obedient to her husband, who wanted to take care of her children, but she was not contented with her life.
- Analyzes how the coop depicts edna as a woman stuck in societal customs. the narrator tries to convince us that the house that she moves offers her some kind of individuality.
- Analyzes how the concept of how women are treated in modern times has changed drastically compared to women who lived in the conservative period.
- Analyzes how the main character in "the awakening" is obedient to her husband, who wanted to take care of her children, but she was not contented with her life.
- Analyzes how the coop depicts edna as a woman stuck in societal customs. the narrator tries to convince us that the house that she moves offers her some kind of individuality.
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- Analyzes how charlotte perkins gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" demonstrates the struggle for power, search for persona, and the escape from reality of a female manic.
- Analyzes how the first person protagonist narration in "yellow wallpaper" suggests the inferiority of men through the control of the husband over the struggling narrator.
- Opines that the worst thing they can do is think about their condition and confess it always makes them feel bad. they will let it alone and talk about the house.
- Analyzes how charlotte perkins gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" demonstrates the struggle for power, search for persona, and the escape from reality of a female manic.
- Analyzes how the first person protagonist narration in "yellow wallpaper" suggests the inferiority of men through the control of the husband over the struggling narrator.
- Opines that the worst thing they can do is think about their condition and confess it always makes them feel bad. they will let it alone and talk about the house.
- Analyzes how the woman interrupts her train of thought as she remembers john's instructions that are suppressed into her memory, proving her husband’s authority. john locks her up in the room with the yellow wallpaper, deliberately performing control over her.
- Analyzes how the woman in the wallpaper is a distinct creation from the imagination of the victim of depression.
- Analyzes how the chronological order of events allows the reader to connect the progression of the wallpaper's state with the narrator’s development of illness.
- Analyzes how gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" is a story of struggle, search and escape. the female manic is understood through her first-person protagonist narrative.
- Analyzes charlotte perkins gilman's "the yellow wallpaper". american literature: research and analysis website. florida gulf coast university, 1998.
1500 wordsRead More - The Great Gatsby Theme Essayanalytical essayThrough character and diction, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman, has fully portrayed the theme of “Gender Roles.” The narrator’s confinement and repression is solely based upon her gender. She is constantly being undermined by her husband, John, who is a highly ranked physician. John is always telling her what and what not to do. The narrator is constantly begins sentences by saying “John says.” She once said, “John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall” (Gilman, 613), showing us, the audience, that he is passive aggressive with her. Her husband won’t even let her write, saying that it’s detrimental to her health. John has respected job and his opinions dictate her life, while she and all woman will find their fulfillment at home, tucked away.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that theme is the main memorandum or moral the reader will gain through reading and analyzing a story. the theme of "gender roles" really stood out to them.
- Analyzes how gilman's the yellow wallpaper fully portrayed the theme of "gender roles." the narrator is constantly being undermined by her husband, john, who is a highly ranked physician.
- Analyzes how gilman uses the narrator's insanity as a symbolism of gender roles.
- Explains that theme is the main memorandum or moral the reader will gain through reading and analyzing a story. the theme of "gender roles" really stood out to them.
- Analyzes how gilman's the yellow wallpaper fully portrayed the theme of "gender roles." the narrator is constantly being undermined by her husband, john, who is a highly ranked physician.
- Analyzes how gilman uses the narrator's insanity as a symbolism of gender roles.
- Analyzes how mrs. and mr. helmer are prime examples of gender roles in a doll's house. torvald is in control and treats nora like a baby.
- Analyzes how nora's desire to be free from torvald’s control grows stronger as the play progresses.
- Analyzes how fitzgerald creates the theme of gender roles quite clearly in his book, the great gatsby.
- Analyzes how the yellow wallpaper, a doll’s house, and the great gatsby tested behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for men and women.
856 wordsRead More - A Rose, Lastlyanalytical essayIn “A Rose for Emily”, though the town speaks as a whole, the story communicate that the townswomen are ultimately responsible for Emily’s death. The arrangement of events in the story is narrated for the town to give reasons for their actions, to defend themselves, but, in the end, they had a rose for poor Emily.
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- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" establishes the kind and accommodating demeanor of the men and women.
- Analyzes how faulkner revels that the town is not what it claims to be, sympathetic.
- Analyzes how the townswomen's meddling is pointed out in section iv, but the women get their way. after ten years of living in seclusion, emily gave china-painting lessons to children.
- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" establishes the kind and accommodating demeanor of the men and women.
- Analyzes how faulkner revels that the town is not what it claims to be, sympathetic.
- Analyzes how the townswomen's meddling is pointed out in section iv, but the women get their way. after ten years of living in seclusion, emily gave china-painting lessons to children.
- Cites faulkner, william, "a rose for emily" literature a pocket anthology, ed.4 r.s. gwynn, new york.
- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" is based on the life and death of emily pierson, the sole descendent of a long line of men in the town of jefferson.
- Analyzes how the town's narration is not confessing or compassionate in this section and is narrated in a gossiping fashion.
- Analyzes how section v's narration of "a rose for emily" shows the disparity between the men and the women in the town.
- Analyzes how homer's body is found in a wedding chamber, and the town feels sorrow and guilt for their role in emily’s pitiful life.
1555 wordsRead More - Finally, the yellow wallpaper presents perspectives of how men control females. As stated previously, In the story, John uses his power as a doctor to control his wife. He encaged his wife in a summer home, placing her in a room filled with barricades and many faults. As a human she is deprived of her rights and her ability to form house duties is taken away so she can rest as he calls it. Without a doubt, she fell into insanity because of the situation she was placed in. When she ripped the paper off the wall, it was a sign of freedom from her husband, and the bars that held her captive for weeks. Certainly she has a vivid imagination and being placed in bondage and unable to write which in turn lead her to mental health problems.
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- Analyzes the perplexing story of "the yellow wallpaper" wherein the narrator is both the protagonist as well as the antagonist.
- Analyzes how the narrator's husband, john, influences her health and sanctity, and she disagrees with his synopsis, but is confined and doesn't admit how she feels to him.
- Analyzes how the woman's lack of power contributes to her descent into insanity. she is forbidden to write, which puts her private world that no one knows exist to existence.
- Analyzes the perplexing story of "the yellow wallpaper" wherein the narrator is both the protagonist as well as the antagonist.
- Analyzes how the narrator's husband, john, influences her health and sanctity, and she disagrees with his synopsis, but is confined and doesn't admit how she feels to him.
- Analyzes how the woman's lack of power contributes to her descent into insanity. she is forbidden to write, which puts her private world that no one knows exist to existence.
- Analyzes how the narrator identifies herself with the woman imprisoned in the wallpaper. she becomes frustrated and exercises imagination, identifying a fairy tale-like figure.
- Analyzes how the narrator climaxes insanity as she identifies herself with the woman in the wallpaper and finds herself ripping the paper of the wall.
- Analyzes how the yellow wallpaper presents perspectives of how men control females. john uses his power as a doctor to control his wife.
772 wordsRead More - “A Rose for Emily” begins with the foreshadowing of Emilys funeral. The story then takes the reader to explain what had occurred over the years leading to Emily’s death. Emily Grierson had become the last member of an aristocratic southern family who had been raisd by her widowed father. Growing up< Emilys
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- Analyzes how luck and love have always been important and contradictory themes in many stories. "a rose for emily" and "the rocking horse winner" have similar symbol meanings explaining the dysfunctional family, love and luck.
- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" begins with the foreshadowing of emily's funeral and then takes the reader to explain what had occurred over the years leading to her death.
- Narrates how the minister tries to convince emily that the relationship is improper but she refuses to listen. the ministers wife invites emilys cousins but they leave soon after.
- Analyzes how luck and love have always been important and contradictory themes in many stories. "a rose for emily" and "the rocking horse winner" have similar symbol meanings explaining the dysfunctional family, love and luck.
- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" begins with the foreshadowing of emily's funeral and then takes the reader to explain what had occurred over the years leading to her death.
- Narrates how the minister tries to convince emily that the relationship is improper but she refuses to listen. the ministers wife invites emilys cousins but they leave soon after.
- Narrates how the town attends emily's funeral out of duy and curiosity to finally see her house after years. after the funeral, the townspeople find a locked door and break it down.
- Opines that the griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. none of the young men were quite good enough for miss emily and such.
- Describes how emily denied her father's death for three days until she broke down. her father left her with nothing, turning away all the men she could have married so she wouldn't be alone.
- Opines that emily's father was a selfish man who could not feel love after his wife died, making it impossible for emily to show love to another man.
- Analyzes how faulkner uses the rose as a symbol to honor emily grierson's death.
- Narrates "the rocking horse winner" about a young boy who tries to win his mother's love by seeking to find the luck that she continuously believes she does not have since she married his father.
- Explains that paul, oscar, and bassett continue betting on the horses until they reach pauls goals of five thousand pounds to give to his mother for her birthday and will be distributed over the net five years.
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- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" is the story of a woman who has isolated herself from her community because she doesn't conform to societal norms.
- Analyzes how "the yellow wallpaper" is about a young married woman who is put in isolation because she is mentally ill.
- Analyzes how the three short stories "a rose for emily" by william faulkner, "the yellow wallpaper", and flannery o'connor all touch on the human condition, while isolation is a recurring theme.
- Analyzes how "a rose for emily" is the story of a woman who has isolated herself from her community because she doesn't conform to societal norms.
- Analyzes how "the yellow wallpaper" is about a young married woman who is put in isolation because she is mentally ill.
562 wordsRead More - Comparing Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper; and Kate Chopin's The Story of an Houranalytical essayThis control caused both women to long for freedom from their husbands' oppressive behavior. In 'The Yellow Wallpaper'; it seems that the narrator wishes to
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the narrator of 'the yellow wallpaper' expresses her feminine viewpoint regarding the oppressive nature of the men in her life.
- Analyzes how each woman experienced a different type of change in her life and reacted differently to that change. in 'the yellow wallpaper', the narrator's reaction went from grief to joy and then back to grief again.
- Compares the yellow wallpaper and the story of an hour. both stories had controlling husbands that directly led to their wives yearning for freedom. they were also written from a feminist point of view.
- Analyzes how the narrator of 'the yellow wallpaper' expresses her feminine viewpoint regarding the oppressive nature of the men in her life.
- Analyzes how each woman experienced a different type of change in her life and reacted differently to that change. in 'the yellow wallpaper', the narrator's reaction went from grief to joy and then back to grief again.
- Compares the yellow wallpaper and the story of an hour. both stories had controlling husbands that directly led to their wives yearning for freedom. they were also written from a feminist point of view.
- Compares charlotte perkins gilman's 'the yellow wallpaper' and kate chopin’s ‘the story of an hour’. both stories were written from a feminist point of view.
1083 wordsRead More - Alienation into Insanity in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Yellow Wallpaper and William Faulkner's A Rose for Emilyanalytical essayAlienation caused from the dominant patriarchal society in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", forces both protagonists into insanity. The narrator placed in solitary confinement by her husband, Emily Grieson’s overprotective father and both women’s obsession result in their madness.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how alienation caused by the dominant patriarchal society forces both protagonists into insanity. the narrator placed in solitary confinement by her husband and emily grieson’s overprotective father result in their madness.
- Analyzes how "the yellow wallpaper" by charlotte perkins gilman revolves around a woman's struggle within the patriarchal society in the 1920s.
- Analyzes how william faulkner's "a rose for emily" explains the acceptable responsibilities of women during the 19th century.
- Analyzes how alienation caused by the dominant patriarchal society forces both protagonists into insanity. the narrator placed in solitary confinement by her husband and emily grieson’s overprotective father result in their madness.
- Analyzes how "the yellow wallpaper" by charlotte perkins gilman revolves around a woman's struggle within the patriarchal society in the 1920s.
- Analyzes how william faulkner's "a rose for emily" explains the acceptable responsibilities of women during the 19th century.
- Analyzes how gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" and faulkners' "a rose for emily" describe women restrained in solitary by the male dominant society.
717 wordsRead More - Suppression of Women in The Yellow Wallpaperanalytical essay"The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells the story of a woman's descent into madness as a result of the "rest and ignore the problem cure" that is frequently prescribed to cure hysteria and nervous conditions in women. More importantly, the story is about control and attacks the role of women in society. The narrator of the story is symbolic for all women in the late 1800s, a prisoner of a confining society. Women are expected to bear children, keep house and do only as they are told. Since men are privileged enough to have education, they hold jobs and make all the decisions. Thus, women are cast into the prison of acquiescence because they live in a world dominated by men. Since men suppress women, John, the narrator's husband, is presumed to have control over the protagonist. Gilman, however, suggests otherwise. She implies that it is a combination of society's control as well as the woman's personal weakness that contribute to the suppression of women. These two factors result in the woman's inability to make her own decisions and voice opposition to men.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" tells the story of a woman descending into madness due to the "rest and ignore the problem cure" that cures hysteria and nervous conditions in women.
- Analyzes how john, the narrator's husband, represents society at large. he controls and determines much of what his wife should or should not do, leaving her incapable of making her own decisions.
- Opines that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do them good.
- Analyzes how gilman's "the yellow wallpaper" tells the story of a woman descending into madness due to the "rest and ignore the problem cure" that cures hysteria and nervous conditions in women.
- Analyzes how john, the narrator's husband, represents society at large. he controls and determines much of what his wife should or should not do, leaving her incapable of making her own decisions.
- Opines that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do them good.
- Analyzes how the narrator's question at the end of the paragraph exemplifies her oppressed stature in society.
- Analyzes how john tries to control how and what his wife should think, exemplifying society's suppression of women.
- Analyzes how the narrator's inability to communicate effectively and voice opposition contributes to her suppression.
- Analyzes how the narrator finally gains control of her life and becomes her own decision maker by standing up to her husband and society.
- Narrates how john dearly said, "the key is down by the front steps, under a plantain leaf!"
- Analyzes how the narrator is the dominant figure in the relationship because she is speaking out in a gentle voice. she successfully communicates with john and voices opposition to be put back into the wallpaper.
- Analyzes how social control and a woman's personal weakness contribute to the suppression of women by leaving the woman without any say in regards to her personal interests.
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