Women Obtaining Freedom in Novels, Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour

The stories of the Yellow Wallpaper and Story of an Hour are both stories that have deep meaning, and many hidden symbols. In both stories there is a woman who in some way is oppressed by some outside force and must find a way to overcome this oppression. While in both stories the main charcter goes through a different ordeal, The main theme behind these events are the same and the two experiences can compare to eachother. the events match in both women we oppressed by men and portrayed

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman written in the 1890s both reflect gender roles of this time, specifically women’s roles. In these stories both of the women are oppressed by their marriages, and by the end of the stories both wish to be rid of their husbands. Also, in both of these stories these women experience mental illnesses, mainly depression. These illnesses were looked at as something minor during this time, was it because psychologists were uneducated, or because as women their mental stability did not really matter? These stories connect so well because of their work to bring to the surface the reality of gender roles in the 1800s. Even though these stories were fictional their ideas were very real. By comparing how men and women were treated during this time, and how they are treated more equally now, it shows that with time American has come a long way.

The story "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a story about control. In the late 1800's, women were looked upon as having no effect on society other than bearing children and keeping house. It was difficult for women to express themselves in a world dominated by males. The men held the jobs, the men held the knowledge, the men held the key to the lock known as society . . . or so they thought. The narrator in "The Wallpaper" is under this kind of control from her husband, John. Although most readers believe this story is about a woman who goes insane, it is actually about a woman’s quest for control of her life.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is about a creative woman whose talents are suppressed by her dominant husband. His efforts to oppress her in order to keep her within society's norms of what a wife is supposed to act like, only lead to her mental destruction. He is more concerned with societal norms than the mental health of his wife. In trying to become independent and overcome her own suppressed thoughts, and her husbands false diagnosis of her; she loses her sanity. One way the story illustrates his dominance is by the way he, a well-know and

Women in history stood best known for a less ascendant sex in the mid-nineteen centuries. Since times have gone by women had fought for their equal rights and freedom. There had been many stereotypes, where the women were considered as a slave to the men’s because the women’s position was to be the homemakers and a mother to their children, while the men’s are out socializing with others. If they were not happy with the marriage, they cannot just walk out or complain because a women role is to endure all these pains without a word coming out of their mouths. Two out of the ordinary short stories, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of An Hour,” mostly focused on a women’s dilemma that they faced near the 19th century. The two main characters in the short stories show some resemblances in some ways, but both characters portrayed them in different ways of how they dealt their sorrows in their marriages.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin both use realism to focus on everyday people in an accurate portrayal of life. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story about a woman that goes to a summer home to rest and get well under the supervision of her husband who is also a physician. Her husband decided it would be best if she sat in a room alone and did nothing. In the end, she becomes insane and finally finds her freedom. The Story of An Hour is about, Mrs. Mallard, a woman who has just found out her husband has died. Mrs. Mallard locks herself in a room so she can experience joy and freedom away from society. After an hour of doing this, her husband arrives back home. His reappearance causes Mrs. Mallard to lose her freedom and she

In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Story of An Hour” and “The Three Faces of Eve” the central theme is confinement by marriage and illness but freedom through unexpected ways. In these two stories the women are challenged by their husband's, friends, and trials that life throws at them. Eventually though they have their freedom.

When we compare contrast the two stories "The Yellow Wallpaper" vs. "The Story of an Hour”. If we first look at the similarities that they have, they are both about women who are controlled by their husbands, and who desired freedom. But both women had different reasons for their freedom. It sounds as though both husbands had control over their lives and both women had an illness. But I don’t believe the husbands knew their wives were so miserable. So as we look at the lives of women back in the 19th century time they have the stereotypical trend of being a house wife, staying at home taking care of kids, the house, and aiding the husband in his work. Being in charge of the household makes women have many responsibilities to take care of

. . There is something strange about the house-I can feel it"; she also relates how everything she does exhausts her.  These symptoms, as well as the numerous referrals by the narrator to the baby, indicate post-partum depression.  When speaking of the baby the narrator says, for example, "I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous."

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin give intriguing bits of knowledge to life in the nineteenth century. The short story disputes society's perspective of women during that time period and their duty as just mothers and domestic servants to their spouses. It is evident from a women's activist viewpoint this is a critique on the condition of ladies in the late 1800s, and maybe even of the narrators own battles of the way they are treated by their spouses. This topic is clarified through the portrayal of the narrator's superior husband John, Jane's writings, the narration by Chopin, and the imagery in which the setting of both stories is illustrated. These components depict the confinement

Throughout history and cultures today, women have been beaten, verbally abused, and taught to believe they have no purpose in life other than pleasing a man. Charlotte Perkins Gillam uses her short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" as a weapon to help break down the walls surrounding women, society has put up. This story depicts the life of a young woman struggling with postpartum depression, whose serious illness is overlooked, by her physician husband, because of her gender. Gillman 's writing expresses the feelings of isolation, disregarded, and unworthiness the main character Jane feels regularly. This analysis will dive into the daily struggles women face through oppression, neglect, and physical distinction; by investigating each section

“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story telling about a young woman who is eventually driven mad by the society. The narrator is apparently confused with the norm defining “true” and “good” woman constructed by society dominated by man. “The Awakening” addressed the social, scientific, and cultural landscape of the country and the undergoing of radical changes. Each of these stories addresses the issue of women’s rights and how they were treated in the late 19th century. “The Awakening” explores one woman's desire to find and live fully within her true self. Her devotion to that purpose caused friction between her friends and family, and also conflicts with the dominant values of her time.

The biggest struggle of the turn of the century woman was the lack of freedom that they had. In marriage, for example, women were not able to pursue what they wanted freely. In marriage there were two set roles for each man and woman, for which the men were solely the providers of the family and women were to take care of the house while their husbands worked. The struggle for freedom can be shown in Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour,’ when Louise found out her husband died she went to her room and whilst mourning for her loss, she pondered about her future and spread her arms open, welcoming her new life. She could finally be free and repeated to herself “body and soul free!.” The author believed that both marriage and freedom were something

“When men are oppressed it is a tragedy, when women are oppressed it is a tradition”. This clearly indicated the mentality of people back in 1800’s and even now. Some people think the same; women are made to be oppressed and to be treated badly. From the beginning women were looked as inferior to men. They are confined in an area where they are allowed to do their duties. They were not supposed to get out that localization. They were treated inferior just because they are women. In Charlotte Perkin “The Yellow Wallpaper “it determines the mental and physical health of a women, how the society effect it. In A Rooms of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf it basically represents the gender inequality in every aspect of life. Both A Rooms of One’s Own and “The Yellow Wallpaper” have a different kind of approach but both of them have a same basic core or problem which is women oppression.