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The Yellow Wallpaper: Oppression Of Women In Society
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Reflecting their role in society, women in literature are often portrayed in a position that is dominated by men. Especially in the nineteenth century, women were repressed and controlled by their husbands as well as other male influences. In "The Yellow Wall-Paper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, t ....
Middle of essay ....t she may have a real problem.
Throughout the story there are examples of the dominant submissive relationship. She is virtually imprisoned in her bedroom, supposedly to allow her to rest and recover her health. She is forbidden to work, "So I . . . am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again." (160) She is not even supposed to write: "There comes John, and I must put this away -- he hates to have me write a word." (161) She has no say in the location or decor of the room she is v.... |
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