In looking at "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman, we will consider the tone and narrative structures in each story. ... Gilman's and Chopin's stories are stories of women who feel "trapped" by the men in their lives. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman's point of view is expressed through first person narration, which provides her readers with short views into the other characters" perception of her and her perceptions of them. ... As the story ends, even though she is "crazy", she has become strong and assertive, unlike the wo...

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Ernest Hemingway uses characterization in The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber to address the theme of gender roles. ... Margot Macomber uses aggression and pride to control her husband, but she is forced to accept her role a woman as the story progresses. ... Margot's belief that she deserves more than Francis is where her pride comes from, and she's punished in story for this. ... Hemingway uses Margot from The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber to show his views on a woman's place in society and on gender roles in general. ... She is the female counterpart to Francis...

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In the short play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell this is what the men accuse the women of "constantly worrying over". ... I find in this story that the women are more intoned with what goes on around them. ... As we go through the story we see that the men are looking for obvious clues toward the motive. ...

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According Louie's short story Pangs of Love, Asian American figures living in the American mainstream society have not overcome their stereotypes that portrait them as effeminate and castrated. ... In comparison to Louie's other Pangs of Love short story Birthday, it also portrait the same stereotypes that Asian American man faces. ... Through this short story, we can see the similarity of Louie's other short story Birthday, which both show how Asian American man's masculinity and identity are shaped by the white society. ... Like Wallace in Louie's other short story ...

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Throughout history, there has been a class of men that truly epitomize the core of masculinity. These men are fighters, sportsmen, and hunters; Wilson is the latter. Wilson, from the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," is the essence of masculinity that Ernest Hemingway idolized. Hemin...

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In the blue box to the right of the page, under the title "Mexico", is a short sentence about the number of female associates at Walmart Mexico who completed its Taking the Stage program. ... Each box has photo of the woman, her name, her job title, and short story on how she benefited from the program. ... Underneath the title features the story of Rosalind Brewer, the current CEO of Sam's Club, who is the first African-American woman to take this rank in the company. In the middle right of the page, in a pale blue box, is a photo of female store manager in De Queen, Arkansas...

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Every short story has a unifying point or basic message that the author is trying to indirectly convey to the reader. ... As I read over Ernest Hemingway's short story, Hills Like White Elephants, there is one powerful theme that clearly stands out. ... Through this conversation a certain mood for the story is set. ... The characters have an odd development as the story advances. ... The author is allowing the reader to choose how the story will end. ...

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In Kate Chopin's "The Storm," it shows her creative use of theme and symbolism throughout which is what makes it such a descriptive and detailed short story. ... Chopin's title refers to nature, which is symbolically feminine; the storm can therefore be seen as symbolic of feminine sexuality and passion, and the image of the storm will be returned to again and again throughout the story. ... Symbolism is another important element of "The Storm," because it is used many times throughout the story. ... The importance of nature symbolizing femininity throughout the story is that femi...

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In this short story Andy is a little girl becoming a woman. At the beginning of the story Andy is clearly a tomboy, but gradually she realizes the significance a doe has to do with her own womanhood. ... Andy is clearly a tomboy throughout the beginning of the story. ... Further in the story, Andy remembers a time on the beach when her mom's top falls off, which embarrassed Andy to great extent. ... This paragraph is the last of the short story and shows Andrea's imagination pushing her towards womanhood with her mother. ...

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In short, what Barthes implies is that if the author is not killed off, readers are tempted to link the text with the author, his life and background. ... For instance, without taking into consideration Doris Lessing, we can give her story a multitude of interpretations. ... In short, the main preoccupation of the story is sexuality. ... The "red pants- are mentioned in the story several times. ... Within this short extract, we have a wri...

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Gender Issues in Imperial Russia Ivan Turgenev's work, Sketches from a Hunter's Album, is a collection of short stories about his encounters with many different people. ... Many of Turgenev's stories shed light on the topic of gender issues during serfdom. ... Later in the story he is introduced to Kasyan's relative, Annushka. ... After a short conversation, Kasyan orders the girl to return to the village. ... The reader is presented these gender issues throughout Turgenev's stories. ...

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The short story "A White Heron" written by Sarah Orne Jewett is the story of a young girl and how she becomes her own person in a time when women were supposed to be loyal like dogs toward men. ... The story also showed change when it mentioned the awakening of Mrs. ... In the story Mrs. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. ... As the story progresses Sylvia begins to be more open to the idea of men....

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The short story "A White Heron" written by Sarah Orne Jewett is the story of a young girl and how she becomes her own person in a time when women were supposed to be loyal like dogs toward men. ... The story also showed change when it mentioned the awakening of Mrs. ... In the story Mrs. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. ... As the story progresses Sylvia begins to be more open to the idea of men....

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This was revealed in one of her short stories from Monday or Tuesday which is basically entitled the An Unwritten Novel. ... According to the short story, Minnie Marsh, as imagined by the narrator, was unhappy, coward, and being oppressed. ... As an excerpt from the story says, "he won't look at Minnie till the bread's swamped the gravy dry." ... As the excerpt from the story says, "I can face it no longer! ... That is why, in the story, Minnie could not remove the spot on the window-pane of the train. ...

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In the short stories, "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro and "The Glass Roses" by Alden Nowlan, this theme is very apparent through the two main characters in the stories. ... Both characters in the two stories share similar characteristics and differences. ... Both of the main characters really enjoy stories. These stories can be used to tell how much they have grown or matured. ... However, as she grew, the stories tended to take on a different story line; usually they would start off the same way but instead of her rescuing someone it would be a boy rescuing her. ...

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Weekend Essay Weekend is a short story by the writer Fay Weldon. The story follows the events of a family on a weekend vacation in the countryside where the reader is given a view of the Protagonist, Martha's life. ... Where the rest of the story takes maybe a line to describe something, the end paragraph is more a chain of events in quick succession that is thrown at the reader. ... Her crying is used as a subtle way of telling the story, which is that she believes her daughter could become a slaving drone to a husband like she is. ... Fay's combination of the use of struct...

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Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story showing the differences between male and female. ... The story images to readers where men are considered superior to women in all actions. ... In the story, the use of only surnames when referring to the women symbolizes the women inferiority to the men. ... Peters becomes known as the Sheriff's wife, since her first name never being mentioned throughout the story. ... It used in the story symbolizes how men looked at the differences in the sexes. ...

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John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums," centers around a woman named Elisa, an avid gardner who is strong, "blocked and heavy" (Steinbeck). ... " This statement in the story is one powerful statement. ... At the end of the story, she hides her face, because she doesn't want her husband to see her cry. ... Elisa shows several ways throughout the entire story how she is trapped and wants to escape. ... By the end of the story, she realizes that no matter what, she will never find fulfillment and happiness....

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The main character, Anson Hunter, the rich boy', thinks he is socially above the few women that appear throughout the short story. ... This attitude is what eventually leads him to a state of loneliness and remorse towards the end of the story. In short, Anson only likes the idea of women. ... The first woman of importance in the story is Paula Legendre, described as a dark serious beauty'. ... The second woman of importance in the story is Dolly Karger, a flapper with whom he had an affair. ...

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In the short story, the patient is slowly driven mad by her cure, prescribed by her physician husband, and is cut off from any intellectual pursuits whatsoever. ... The narrator initiates the story by describing a beautiful, but prison-like house, run by the protagonist's husband that both realistically and symbolically confines his wife. ... This story allows the reader to understand the sexist culture of the time and the struggles a woman had to endure. ... Charlotte Gilman may not have even fully understood the principles of psychology her story portrays; nevertheless, her story doe...

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In the short story, the patient is slowly driven mad by her cure, prescribed by her physician husband, and is cut off from any intellectual pursuits whatsoever. ... The narrator initiates the story by describing a beautiful, but prison-like house, run by the protagonist's husband that both realistically and symbolically confines his wife. ... This story allows the reader to understand the sexist culture of the time and the struggles a woman had to endure. ... Charlotte Gilman may not have even fully understood the principles of psychology her story portrays; nevertheless, her story doe...

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Genji, the son of the emperor and a concubine, is used in this book to represent males and their unchanging harshness toward females. He searches constantly for the "hidden flower" or perfect female, however, he falls short of being the ideal male. He is unworthy to have the perfect female even if...

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"A Rose for Emily": Battle of the Sexes In his short story "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner relates to the reader the life of Emily Grierson, a remnant of the past. ... The women in this story seem to be quite unkind. ... The female characters in the story continue to be portrayed as nosey and unkind as the story unfolds. Faulkner's women in this story are also gullible and gossiping. ... Faulkner's men and women in this story are representative of the ideas of the setting of the story; therefore, there are clear distinctions between them....

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Kate Chopin wrote two short stories that provide examples of the way women act when they are freed of their homemaking responsibilities. ... The effects of limited opportunities of being a homemaker are evident in two of Chopin's stories, "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm". ... Louise's words in the story are "Free! ... Chopin exposes these truths in her stories. ... Chopin's stories, "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm" stretch reality to show people how desperate women are to be considered equals to men. ...

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Kate Chopin wrote two short stories that provide examples of the way women act when they are freed of their homemaking responsibilities. ... The effects of limited opportunities of being a homemaker are evident in two of Chopin's stories, "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm". ... Louise's words in the story are "Free! ... Chopin exposes these truths in her stories. ... Chopin's stories, "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm" stretch reality to show people how desperate women are to be considered equals to men. ...

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