The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper evolves a woman who id suffering from post partum depression The woman in the story is anxious and nervous Her anxiety and depression worsen as a result of the proposed treatment prescribed by her husband John She and John rent an old colonial mansion so she can rest at ease and become well Ironically the lack of socialization and involvement in her new born childs life causes her to become insane She becomes obsessed with the
The Things They Carried Tim OBrien was an infantryman in during Vietnam War He used those experiences to write many short stories including The Things They Carried The story portrays how the things they carried were weightless in comparison to their feelings of love and loss fear and shame and the torturous memories of death They all carried emotional baggage of men who might die Grief terror love longing these were intangibles but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity they ha
Marriage and Gender Relationships In The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare brings up many issues around marriage and gender relationships in The Taming of the Shrew these are illustrated in the courtship and marriage of Katherine and Petruchio In the play Katherine was always a headstrong and independent woman until her father forces her into marriage to a man named Petruchio An issue that is first brought up is that women are meant to be obedient and serve their husbands This is a partic
A Controlling Change The attempts are brave unimaginable and impractical These are definite ways to describe Petruchios attempts to marry and tame Katherina in William Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew Just the thought of marrying Katherina is considered foolish but Petruchio just wants to marry a woman with a wealthy father His attempts to tame Katherina have nothing to do with making their marriage work He only wants to control her Surprisingly his controlling behavior forces her to transf
Analysing Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 4 Scene 3 in The Taming of the Shrew will cover various features of the clever language Shakespeare has used in the play in order for it to appeal to all audiences This will include humour in the form of sexual innuendo slapstick comedy and puns because the play is a comedy I will also point out animal imagery and different 16th century themes Shakespeare has included in the play some of which still exist today i e sexism men versus women power and appearance ver
Context The most influential writer in all of English literature William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle class glove maker in Stratford upon Avon England Shakespeare attended grammar school but his formal education proceeded no further In 1582 he married an older woman Anne Hathaway and had three children with her Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright Public and critical acclaim quickly followed and Shakespeare eventu
The short story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a story about an hour in the life of the main character Mrs Mallard Because she is afflicted with a heart problem her sister was hesitating in breaking the news of her husbands death At first she is extremely sad and locks herself in her room and will not let anybody in However when she looks out of the window it becomes apparent to her that she is free Mrs Mallard is overwhelmed with the thought that her body and soul are now free After a
Mrs Mallards Captivity The Story of an Hour is a short story that describes what Mrs Mallard goes through when she finds out her husband has been killed in a train accident At first she is extremely sad but when she looks out the window it becomes apparent to her that she is free Mrs Mallard is overwhelmed with the thought that she is now free to do whatever she wants Despite the loss of Mr Mallard she is overcome with happiness and feels like the burden she has carried for so long has been lif
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a short story It is based on a man who daydreams and fantasizes about great and heroic acts He daydreams about being a surgeon then a pilot and also a Navy commander His wife Mrs Mitty keeps nagging him about minor things that he should remember to do Walter changes personae several times He flips back and forth between reality and fantasy so much he may have a problem with his attention span The small town of Waterbury is the s
The Red Badge of Courage Summary During the Civil War a Union regiment rests along a riverbank where it has been camped for weeks A tall soldier named Jim Conklin spreads a rumor that the army will soon march Eventually word gets to Henry Fleming a recent recruit with this 304th Regiment who is struggling to find his courage because he fears that if he were to see battle he might run Yet ironically the narrator reveals that Henry joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military con