A Critical Analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper- "The Yellow Wall-Paper,"" a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was published in 1892, a time when a woman was supposed to be seen and not heard. ... Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness. ... An article in Short Story Criticism suggests that it possibly could be what Gilman herself may have experienced during her battle with depression ("The Yellow Wallpaper- SSC, 119). ... She describes the wallpaper as "dull enough to confuse the eye in following."" ... (Gilm...

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• Grade Level: High School

Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" takes place in the rural south during 1930s in December. Phoenix Jackson, an old frail poor Negro woman has her head tied in a red rag and wore a long black striped dress with a long apron. She is kept neat and tidy. Phoenix has several disabilities, so she is unsteady on her feet and walks with a cane that is made from an old umbrella. Phoenix also has difficulties with her vision and it can be assumed she has some underlying forgetfulness. ...

• Word Count: 1464
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• Grade Level: High School