1 Both The Yellow Wallpaper and The Bloody Chamber deal with the perennial feminist theme of the confinement of women in particular rooms chambers houses and roles Discuss This is essay attempt to discuss the role of the women in literature both about the protagonists and the authors of the stories As an example two influential short stories will be discussed in depth in order to shed light into the lives of the two authors and their stories The short stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860193
The Bell Jar Assignment The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a novel about a young woman battling between societal expectations and sexuality The main character Esther Greenwood sinks into depression during the summer after her third year of college Esther spends a month interning at a ladies fashion magazine in Manhattan but quickly finds out she is uninterested in the work and unsure of her future career plans A major theme in this novel is female sexuality Many of Esthers problems stem from the c