Oppression of Women in Chopins Story of an Hour and Gilmans Yellow Wa

Oppression of Women in Chopins Story of an Hour and Gilmans jaundiced wallpaper The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman shargon the same view of the subordinate position of women in the late 1800s. Both stories demonstrate the devastating effects on the encephalon and body that result from an intelligent person living with and accepting the imposed will of another. This essay will attempt to make their themes apparent by examining a brief summery of their stories and relating them to their personal histories. It will reveal this theme further through analysis of setting, visual and conceptual symbolism, and by exploring the relationships between the characters in each story. In the Story of an Hour, we are told that Louise has a bad nitty-gritty condition. A friend of the family has discovered that there was a bad accident at her husband?s job and he is on the deceased list. Louise?s sister carefully tells her this distressing new s however, instead of falling apart, Louise finds herself feeling as if she has a new lease on life because she will finally be able to live for herself. Suddenly, her husband walks in the door, and shocked, Louise drops dead of a heart attack. The physician says it was from a joy that kills (341-342). In The Yellow Wallpaper, the main character is attempting to heal from a nervous disorder. Her physician prescribes the rest cure which allows her to do nothing no housekeeping, no writing, and no visiting with family or friends. She cannot even play with her baby. Her husband insists that she stay in a room upstairs and she at long last goes insane. Both Chopin and Gilman borrow from real events in their lives when writing these stories. Kat... ...V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Prentice-Hall Inc. Simon Schuster/ A Viacom Company, 1998. 542-553. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Why I Wrote ?The Yellow Wallpaper? Ed. Catherine Lavender The College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, Fall Semester, Oct. 1997. (25 Jan 1999) http//www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/whyyw.html McChristie, Pat. Women Need to Work Copyright 1998. Cyberwoman (30 Jan 1999) http//www.cyberparent.com/women/needwork.htm Wyatt, Neal Biography of Kate Chopin English 384 Women Writers. Ed. Ann M. Woodlief Copyright 1998, Virginia Commonwealth University. (26 Jan. 1999) http//www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng384/katebio.htm Why are Women Leaving Marriage in Droves? Marriage. Copyright 1998. Cyberwoman (30 Jan 1999) http//www.cyberparent.com/women/marriage1.htm