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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is regarded as an important work of American Feminist literature as it explores the attitudes towards women’s mental and physical health in the 19th century. The short story is fictional yet can be considered semi-autobiographical as it was written after Gilman experienced severe post-partum depression. In this passage, Gilman touches on ideas about...
FeminismLiterary CriticismThe Yellow Wallpaper
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In 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' written by prestigious feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, after the birth of her baby, our nameless narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is forced by her dominant doctor's husband, John, to weeks of bed rest. While in the confines of bed, the narrator starts a rapid descent into madness and becomes convinced that women are stalling...
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Individuals’ attitudes toward illnesses are often influenced culturally and socially. With different perspectives, the idea of illnesses has been systematically stigmatized for many decades. However, most stigmas are directed towards the category of mental disorders. Society often associates individuals with mental disorders as psycho or crazy leading to prejudice. While most stigmas of illnesses have been associated specifically with mental...
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This paper is based on the awakening of patriarchal oppression. mechanism and feminism in The Awakening and The Yellow Wallpaper. Through the comparative analysis of the female struggle and awakening in a patriarchal society. Although both books are about men. However, there is still a difference between the confinement of women in the power society and the awakening of women's...
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The work of women writers in the 19th century is termed to have been very limited in both physical and artistic sense. Many facts can be attributed to that including politics of the time and the places of women in the society at the time. Women of that time saw the need to emancipate themselves from such restrictions using a...
FeminismLiterary CriticismThe Yellow Wallpaper
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“These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long...mules and other brutes had occupied their skins”: An analysis of Hurston's message of men dehumanizing women within Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston through the protagonist, Janie, discusses the challenges that women have to face living in both a...
Literary CriticismTheir Eyes Were Watching God
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Monster culture symbolizes what we see in ourselves. In the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Perkins Gilman presents a narrative where the main character represents a “monster” because of her nervous condition. The narrator is an upper-class middle-aged woman battling postpartum depression. Her husband often dismisses her and does not talk to her about her case; isolation from society...
CharacterLiterary CriticismThe Yellow Wallpaper
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Is it corrupt for a government to manipulate its citizens to maintain full control over their country? In the novel 1984, the three-party slogans are contradictory phrases that are manipulated to be true by the party. “ War is Peace”, “ Freedom is Slavery ” and “ Ignorance is Strength” are the slogans Orwell uses as a form of propaganda...
1984George OrwellLiterary Criticism
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In George Orwell’s 1984, the protagonist, Winston, is essentially alone in his own mind. In a world where everyone around him has chosen a path of conformity, Winston refuses to come to terms with the reality that Big Brother controls him and everyone he knows. It is this sense of alienation that drives him on a path of mental release...
1984CharacterLiterary Criticism
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'Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God will always be with you wherever you go.'- Joshua 1: 9 I am Jaica R. Nacion, who finds the complexity of life. Through my 19 years of existence, I can say that my life is full of drama. I experience discouragements, disappointments, achievements,...
IntegrityLiterary CriticismLoyalty
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The oppression of women refers to a more insidious type of manipulation and control of women. Little Women by Louisa Alcott was published in 1868. It was written in the 1860s and was set in the civil war where the mum and the four sisters live in a neighborhood in Massachusetts in refined poverty. This book is about four sisters...
Literary CriticismOppressionThe Yellow Wallpaper
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Back in the 1960s, an African American woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a White male to bring awareness to racial equality. Although this was against the law at the time and caused one of the biggest political controversies known to date, Rosa Parks stood up for her own...
CharacterLiterary CriticismRosa Parks
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Totalitarianism is destructive, this is the theme and argument that is made in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. He creates this theme by using effective language, providing examples of destruction in the text, and character’s emotions to show the reader how totalitarianism has destroyed the quality of life in Oceania. Orwell also writes about how totalitarian rule has denied...
1984CharacterLiterary Criticism
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This paper will present and respond to the arguments put forward by Frederic Lenoir in the chapter titled, “Can the Quest for Happiness Make Us Unhappy?” in his book Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide that seeks to answer the question of authentic happiness. The author argues that in modern society, people can become unhappy while pursuing happiness because they set the...
HappinessLiterary Criticism
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Book Review. Summary The book 1984 is divided into 3 parts, Books 1, 2, and 3. As expected the novel begins in book 1 and in this first section, we are introduced to the main character, Winston Smith. The book begins with Winston returning home to his depressive, cold, and run-down apartment. As Winston returns home, he is greeted by...
1984Book ReviewLiterary Criticism
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Individual human experiences are fundamentally modulated by the values and morals of the collective, prompting personal reflection of the paradoxes within human nature and our understanding of acceptance. Miller’s The Crucible (1953) demands that we recognize the necessity of allowing individuals to establish their personal beliefs and values without having others inflicted on them. The tragedy encourages its audience to...
Literary CriticismThe Crucible
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Reading, The Most Dangerous Game Outline: Literature: The Enigma of Amigara Fault written by Junji Ito Parameters: Appeals through our feelings- reading is dangerous because it greatly shapes the person's mind as he traverses into every word and meaning through his feelings. In reading, we exposed our minds to different profound ideologies and perspectives about life that intend to interest...
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The Female Quixote is a work written by Charlotte Lennox in the mid-18th century. In it, the author makes an imitation of Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It belongs to a period in which satire, romance and the novel, were not well differentiated. Thus, in this novel, the former romantic genre and traditional forms are challenged....
Don QuixoteLiterary CriticismSatire
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The fetish woman, who 'too sang out in grief', provides a rather omenistic foreshadowing into a post-beowulf society, epitomising the fears of an unstable nation following the loss of their 'good king'. Although a drunken statement, Unferth's remark that 'no one has ever outlasted an entire night against Grendel' reminds the reader of Beowulf's unmatched nature, the character depicted as...
BeowulfBeowulf HeroLiterary Criticism
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The start of Beowulf does not offer much on the topic of whether it embellishes Beowulf's “code of honor”. What it does show are the events that lead up to believing in his code and why he goes by it, Beowulf's character in the book is a really relevant character he goes by a “code of honor” he is a...
BeowulfBeowulf HeroLiterary Criticism
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Enclosed as one of the earliest and most effective treatments towards the theme of crucifixion in the English language, the equilibrium of both Christian and Germanic characteristics extends The Dream of the Rood not only great wisdom but further complexity. Together, the theme, form, the many parallels that give to both heroic and Christian treasure, the techniques, meter, and alliteration...
BeowulfBibleLiterary Criticism
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Beowulf is an epic poem, which is a literary piece where there is a hero achieving an incredible feat, that was made in the Anglo-Saxon era. There is no certainty in the time of the development of the poem but it is agreed that it was made roughly in the 6th to 11th century. The anonymity of the creator of...
BeowulfLiterary CriticismPoetry
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Epic poems, long and narrative, include adventures and brave heroes. Epic poems can trace their roots back to almost 2500 BCE. Beowulf defines a strong and well-developed epic. Beowulf includes plot characteristics, values, and archetypes throughout the poem. In epics, they show what really mattered at the time and what people cared about in a fictional way. The plot in...
BeowulfLiterary CriticismPoetry
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Beowulf, the classic medieval tale of monsters and dragons. The 3182 lines of Beowulf indulge in a grand story that tells the tale of a great Pagan warrior. However, the author includes many Christian elements. Notably, in lines, 181–183, the author says, 'deep in their hearts they remembered hell. The Almighty Judge of good deeds and bad, the Lord God,...
BeowulfLiterary CriticismPoetry
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Beowulf is a fiction story by an anonymous poet whom scholars refer to as “Beowulf poet.” The fiction is set in Scandinavia and details a hero of the Geats (Beowulf) who comes to the help of the king of the Danes, Hrothgar. Notably, Beowulf uses his bravery and strength to slay Grendel and later becomes the king, and rules for...
BeowulfLiterary CriticismPoetry
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'Death of a Salesman,' starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and directed by Vholker Schlondröff, is a superb drama written by Arthur Miller and starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman. At the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, the film 'Death of a Salesman' earned 10 Emmy nominations and four Golden Globe nominations, earning three and one, respectively. The plot of...
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The story enacts the theme of bondage and freedom at its best. Physical bondage is represented through Philip's club foot, economic bondage through his dependence on his uncle, and religious bondage is presented through religious restrictions and compulsions at the vicarage and in the church at Blackstable. Philip's love affair with Mildred represents the bondage of sexual passion. Philip has...
Critical ReflectionFreedomLiterary Criticism
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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, depicts the human struggle against vengeance and the wrath of another human being. It explores many relevant topics such as hysteria, morality, and reputation, many of which relate back to Miller's experience with McCarthyism during the 1950s. The play unfolds in the town of Salem during the 1690s, where an outbreak of rumors claiming witchcraft...
Literary CriticismThe Crucible
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Ralph Ellison was a great inspirational author during his times during the 50's. He was born on March 1, 1914, till April 16, 1994, and he was an American novelist who was a very inspirational person who accomplished many feats. He won a National Book Award in 1953 and he wrote many books and essays that breached the topics and...
Invisible ManLiterary Criticism
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Kate Chopin was an American author and her stories are based on nineteenth-century culture and society. She is known for her duplicity of effect, the limited perspective of nineteenth-century society, on women. The stories, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm” are based on marriage and adultery. In these stories, Chopin indicates that all marriages even the kindest ones...
Kate ChopinLiterary Criticism
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