One Female By The Name Of Jane Doe

mother died of lung cancer. After these devastating events took place, it was a phone call from her twin sister Becka, and knowing that therapy alone or coupled with AA weren’t enough to break her physical and emotional addiction with alcohol, that

This may have effected Jane to be somehow depressed enough to try to either draw or cook like she used to do before the incident. Jane didn't like it when she received sympathy and gifts from strangers and just wanted to be told for once that she was a mess. I think the climax began when Micheal taught her to mow the lawn because it let her apprehend that she would have to help her mom while Micheal was gone, and that one day Jane would be alone. Because of this, Jane chooses to clean the house by herself. She also bought cooking utensils that were designed to help people like her to cook easily, and she did her best to make a good drawing of Justin's dog, Spot, for Justin's

Jane's illness was also doubted by her family. Jane writes that her husband "does not believe I am sick!" (Perkins Gilman 424) though she does not mention her concerns on the subject with him. Jane is upset because John, "a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one" (425). Her brother, also a doctor, agrees with John's report on Jane. John even comments that Jane "shall be as sick as she pleases" (430). Jane continues to hear

“In one of the articles, John is a perfect example of a commanding mate, a husband who holds absolute power over his wife. He treats her as an minor, as seen here: “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” John sees his wife’s feelings as laughable, never taking them seriously until it is too late. It is also clear from this statement that John laughs at his wife because it is what is expected by the community. Later, when Jane is qualified to control her own thoughts, his role as a strong, higher ranked husband and leader is switched, and he becomes much like a woman himself: “Now why should that man have fainted?” Having seen his wife in a state of dementia (symbolically, shattering the power he has over her), he faints, much like a woman would be expected to. Due to acceptance of her insanity, Jane has changed the traditional roles of husband

Jane's childhood trauma results as a product of her times at Gateshed and Lowood. There were a series of irreversible problems that Jane had to deal with. She was born an orphan into a house devoid of love or respect for her. It is not overly emotionally healthy to live with the "ostracism by the Reed family and the unrelenting anxiety over the chidings of the servants, the violence of John Reed, and the punishments and berating of Mrs. Reed." (Ashe 10) Evidently, Jane had this lifestyle since she was little. This can be inferred from Mrs. Reeds loving statement "I hated it the first time I set my eyes on it-a sickly, whining, pining thing" (7)

Jane is the exact opposite of the women Waters says is featured regularly on TV. Jane is not a lover or a mother but is a lawyer which makes her fall into the category of more people being featured with glamorous jobs than there actually are. Jane lives alone, does not have a boyfriend and her dating life is not very successful. Comparing her to Deb and Stacy she does not have very much of a social life. Jane is also very intelligent with a very high IQ which is quite useful in her job as a lawyer. After Deb inhabits Jane’s body Jane becomes more personable and outgoing which leads to date and social time with new friends. She also become more outgoing and stands up for

before (1404). The symptoms that Jane has clearly points to postpartum depression, and the way she is treated for it does not help any.

Jane is quiet and controlled, and her foil, Bertha, the wife of Jane’s love interest, is seen as a “lunatic,” but is also a metaphorical representation of Jane’s innermost thoughts and rage towards those who have ever dismissed her and/or controlled her. In the end, Jane is overcome by a burning desire to be free, and in claiming so, she describes herself as insane by saying “’I care for myself…the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself…Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be… I am insane — quite insane: with my veins running fire, and my heart beating faster than I can count its throbs. Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot,’” (Bronte, 408). In this selection, Jane explains how her self-suppression has led her to insanity. However, she mislabels her intuitive trust and desire to put

Jane the main character is a married woman who is placed in this situation and recounting this place and how it makes her feel. She has no ability to make choices for herself for her husband John who is a physician and taking care of her. He thinks that all she needs is fresh air, rest, and good food, along with tonics to get better; instead of talking to her and listening to her needs. “He says only myself can help me out of it”” John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious.” ” John does not know how much I suffer.” “You see he does not believe I am sick!” (Gilman pg. 202) As the story gets into itself you get the picture that Jane has just had a baby that she loves yet can not stand to be around. That her frame of mind is very depressed and only just happened after the birth. She struggles with this internally which shows she still has maternal instinct and jealousy for those who are caring for him. “It is unfortunate that Mary is so good with the baby. Such a dear baby! And yet I cannot

I interviewed Takisa Smith, Director of the Center for Human Development’s (CHD) Watershed Recovery Center for women in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Her facility accommodates twenty-five women at the beginning stages of recovery and can also accommodate those who have been civilly committed, are pregnant, or post-partum and their infants (http://chd.org/adult-services/addiction-recovery-services/watershed-recovery-center-women/). I was lucky enough to know Takisa through my significant other (Leshawnda Underwood’s mother). Because of our preexisting relationship the interview was very laid back. Though I have known her for some time, it wasn’t until recently that I discovered she was a director of a substance abuse program. Once I knew

Jane was born as Honora Kelley and grew up without a mother and with an alcoholic father. She spent many years of her life in poverty and she was forced to uproot her life to go live in the Boston Female Asylum. After a few years, Jane was adopted by Mrs. Ann Toppan, and Jane spend every day being extremely jealous of her beautiful step-sisters. Especially when she was left at the alter at only 19 years old, she determined she was unlovable and turned dark and hateful. She eventually moved out to become a nurse where not long after got the name nightmare nurse (Lyle, 2011). While working in the hospital which had low supervision and security, this allowed her to do as she pleased. Jane experimented with drugs using morphine and atropine on the patients that she did not like (Lyle, 2011). No one

But in Jane’s case, she doesn’t only hide her emotions in her professional life but also in her private life. She grew up with two brothers and happily married parents. She sometimes asks herself how it would feel if she was the favorite child. Since Jane has two very masculine brothers, she became a tomboy to fit in. Her mother has a hard time accepting that her daughter is a real detective and not just a Police’s secretary.

As Jane begins to become more of an adult, she becomes to have more of

When overlooking Jane’s case, its clear that her Psychological issue’s are the major cause for Jane acting out, which ultimately lead her to attack her own family with a knife. Starting with what got the metaphorical ball in motion, the distorted body image. At the age of thirteen, while weighing 300 pounds, she began to start purging which lead to her dropping her weight down to 140. Still retaining her distorted body image, she still considered herself ugly in her own eyes, and unable to control her emotions which lead her to start self medicating with drugs. With this she was easily influenced by a peer group which introduced her to take drugs, and helped her resort to exotic dancing, and prostitution to help pay for her habits. To cope

In this passage from the novel, Jane begins to understand what will become of her if she gives into the consuming passion that she often feels: