The Yellow Wallpaper, By Charlotte Perkins Gilman And The...

The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Orphanage, directed by J.A Bayona, are both female driven stories, and due to a lack of dominant female roles in books and television, these pieces make statements on our society. The 19th century had very few female rights and very strict gender roles. A time when most women were thought to have some form of mental illness, and due to a lack of medical knowledge were vastly mistreated. The lapse in medicinal science, in combination with extremely sexist ideologies caused more harm to come to women than help. The Yellow Wallpaper, with a nameless female Narrator, depicts how women seen as unwell were treated in the 1900’s. The Orphanage, through the main character Laura, portrays how differently women seen as sick are treated today. Both stories cross the line to the supernatural in a very similar fashion, and descend into madness after the loss of their children. While both stories face different obstacles, the most r elevance can be gleaned from the differences between them. History’s importance is it’s ability to prevent repetition of mistakes, and show the world how far it has come. The first issue which should be addressed, is the fact that the Narrator is an unreliable narrator, as such the reader should not take what she says at face value. Correspondingly, a baby is referenced by both the Narrator and John, her husband; however none interact with the infant once in The Yellow Wallpaper. Not only is there noShow MoreRelatedThe Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman1208 Words   |  5 Pagesisolation is tempting to a person who feels overwhelmed and overly surrounded by human interaction, but it is much less tempting and much more terrifying to one who has truly experienced isolation. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one person who falls into the latter category. She wrote, â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† as a social commentary and personal narrative on the widely accepted treatment of rest cure, which she had undergone herself. She spoke out against the treatment vigorously, as her first hand experiencesRead MoreAnalysis Of The Book A Good Man And The Yellow Wallpaper 1563 Words   |  7 Pagesfundamental qualities of their identities. The object of this essay is to prove who seems to be the most solitary character between the books Light in August by William Faulkner, A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In these stories, the idea of isolation is the loneliness that has been experienced in a characters life. Some characters have experienced their loneliness since early childhood while others have been kept isolated involuntarily