The Yellow Wallpaper a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a brief and vivid overview of the patriarchal society of the 19th century The story is based on a woman who after having a new baby became mentally distressed and was put on bed rest by her husband She is confined to an upstairs bedroom in a colonial mansion used solely for her recovery Her husband John believes depriving her from any social contact will recover and restore his wifes mental state John who is a doctor does not eve
A Rose for Emily is a great example to how many people are needed of another person company We may resort to desperate measures to prevent being alone in life and to be with the ones we believe love Even though A Rose for Emily was written 80 years ago back in 1931 but things havent change we see this so much in today still Though I you may say our actions today are not normally as extreme as Emilys but I feel this story shows as a great metaphor to how many for us will stay in situations long
A Rose for Emily Miss Emily died alone in a small town after the civil war era The death of Miss Emily was a mystery to the townsfolk but all attended the funeral The men of the town attend because of a respectful obligation of the Greirson family name woman of the town mosely out of curiosity to see the inside of the Grierson house The Grierson house had became a town eyesore once was a grand house No one has seen the inside of the Grierson house or Miss Emily for over 40 year but the old mans
A Rose for Emily recounts the story of an eccentric spinster Emily Grierson An unnamed narrator details the strange circumstances of Emilys life and her odd relationships with her father who controlled and manipulated her and her lover the Yankee road worker Homer Barron When Homer Barron threatens to leave her she is seen buying arsenic which the townspeople believe she will commit suicide with After this Homer Barron is not heard from again and is assumed to have returned north Though she doe
When comparing and contrasting William Faulkners classics we may compare the writing style or even the stories all together Theme is a major contribution to a writers story and may take time to accumulate a story within a theme William Faulkner is best known for being the most influential writers of the twentieth century Faulkner wrote many short stories including A Rose for Emily and That Evening Sun A Rose for Emily was an allegorical title the meaning was here was a woman who has had a trage