These are two famous short stories from different female writers that were written in the late 19th century and that illustrate the gender role at that time. ... Kate Chopin exemplifies in the short story her beliefs in the role of women in marriage and feminine identity ("The Story of an Hour" 263). ... Another feminist short story from the 19th century is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This story was published in 1892 in the New England Magazine and was considered as Gilman's best work of short fiction ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 277). ... The short story was ...

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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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American author Kate Chopin has written two published novels and over a hundred short stories. ... The females in her stories, such as Calixta in "The Story of an Hour" experience great feelings and experiences rather than men. ... After her husband died, Chopin had a short relation with another man. ... Within the next decade, after beginning to write poetry and fiction, she had published twenty poems, ninety-five short stories, two novels and eight literary criticisms. ... " In the story, Mrs. ...

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The way this story is written is quite interesting. ... The effect of casualness is achieved mainly through the tone of the narrative: the use of the present tense in the opening lines, and short sentences like "No undergrowth". ... Henry Lawson uses many techniques in his short stories to captivate the reader's attention. ... Like every good author, Henry Lawson has a climax and resolution in his short stories. ... In the short story, "Joe Wilson Courtship- by Henry Lawson, the use of effective techniques is conveyed to analyse the story. ...

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She based the short story off of her experiences as a woman during her years. ... The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin was one of these writings. In this story, the protagonist Mrs. ... There was irony displayed throughout the short story. ... Glaspell used the short story to show that women could be much more than the stereotypes and assumptions that came with being a woman. ...

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"A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants" Two of Ernest Hemingway's most famously short, short stories are "A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants." ... Their emotions are portrayed through their actions, their short abrupt answers, and the apparent distance between them. Hemingway also uses numerous symbols in his stories. ... There is another important element of symbolism in this story, the beaded curtain. ... "( Bruccoli page 225 ) In these two stories, Hemingway also contrasts the two ideas of having everything and having nothi...

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Elisa's Emotions in Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums" The short story, "Chrysanthemums", written by John Steinbeck, is a story that uses plenty of symbolic objects and symbolic personal attributes to the characters. ... Although the author emphasizes and builds Elisa's character throughout the story that she is such a strong woman, he ends the story with Elisa breaking down and weeping. Symbols are important in the story because they are responsible for unfolding and revealing the meaning of the story, and Elisa's character, as well. In this short story, Steinbeck us...

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Similarly, Jorge Borges' short story "The Intruder", also set in Latin America. ... In Jorge Luis Borges' short story "The Intruder" one woman is primarily involved. ... The short story and the passage are comparable. ... There are differences between the stories as well. ... Without the violent background in one story or the gentler background in the other story, the results of a similar situation were unique. ...

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Whether it be a novel or a short story, Hawthorne writes about individuals who suffer from inner conflicts caused by sin, pride, untested innocence and hidden guilt. ... The short story "Young Goodman Brown" was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this stereotype when naming the main female character in this story "Faith." ... Nathaniel Hawthorne used "pink ribbons" as a symbol to portray this characteristic throughout the entirety of the story. ... The short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts how women are portrayed before and after...

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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 short, they came face to face with reality. ... The story implied that Mrs. ... This story also shows how the views of a woman can change without restrictions. ... The "Story of an Hour" says, "She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. ... In the end, she did get what she wanted all along, which was to live a short life if she was forced to live it with her husband. ...

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Trifles is a short play that addresses many issues in a brief space. ... In a very short time, there is a great deal that happens. ... This play differs from a short story or a novel in its layout. ... The plot of this story is in chronological order. ... The title of the story is fairly self-explanatory. ...

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The Temptation of an Invitation In Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" a beautiful young woman, Madame Loisel, lives a simple life due to her unfortunate chance of being born into a family of poor clerks. ... After hearing the story she exclaimed "Oh! ... Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace And Other Short Stories. ... The Temptation of an Invitation In Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" a beautiful young woman, Madame Loisel, lives a simple life due to her unfortunate chance of being born into a family of poor clerks. ... After hearing the story ...

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In the short stories "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver and "Girls at War" by Chinua Achebe, the theme of blindness is prevalent. ... Robert is not the only one in the story to have vision. ... In Chinua Achebe's short story, "Girls at War" there is a blindness in the character of Reginald Nwankwo. ... Later in the story, Reginald meets her again. ...

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In this paper I will be discussing the difference between love and lust as well as how this conflict comes into play in the short stories, Carnal Knowledge, Lust, and The Girls In Their Summer Dresses. ... In these three stories we will see how characters face these conflicts and what it eventually means. ... Although the conflict of love versus lust runs solidly through each of the short stories we see that each conflict was created in a different way. The first story, The Girls In Their Summer Dresses, shows us conflict between two characters and each character's interpretation ...

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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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The Yellow Wallpaper The short story, Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person and it is from our nameless character's writings that we are introduced to her world and her life. ... This effective tone and method Gilman uses to write this story allows the reader to see what the narrator is going through, where as if this story was told from someone else's perspective, it would not have been as real and understanding. ... The story begins when the narrator and her husband, John, have just moved into a colonial mansion to relieve her "temporary ner...

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It is obvious in this short story that Gilman's view of this style of treatment only worsened things. ... The story is written from the character's point of view in a form resembling journal entries, which describe her stay in the house. ... As the story continues, the narrator's disillusioned state worsens, and she begins to have hallucinations. ... From the narrator's point of view we had this fact hidden throughout the story. ... It is important to remember that the frame in which the story was written and that society's attitude of the story content at that time. ...

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In 1995 Laura Kaplan wrote The Story of Jane, a compellation of personal stories, including her own, about Jane, an underground abortion counseling service during the late 1960s and early 1970s. After reading a short excerpt from it, I feel that Laura makes a strong, effective argument that persuades the audience abortions should be placed in the hands of the woman. ... Laura wrote this personal story about her involvement in Jane, and other women's accounts, to remind both men and women about the abortion issue during the women's rights movement. ... Without rebuttals or opposing ar...

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She wrote the play in 1916, and a year later she rewrote it as a short story. ... As the story opens, we are introduced to Mrs. ... The men in the story, Mr. ... While explaining his story to the county attorney, Mr. ... The irony to the story is how Mr. ...

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Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she can to survive. ... The woman in the story spends the majority of her adult days painting, drinking beer, stealing small amounts of food from a local grocery store, and hanging out with what seems to be her...

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Throughout the story she is determined to battle the typical stereotyping and is in all aspects of the word a "tomboy". ... Throughout the story leading up to the scene when she and her father are in the pens, you are lead to believe that she is a boy, until a short exchange of words with a feed salesman who inquires about her. ... The name also symbolizes the difference between the sexes when this story took place. ... At the time of the story, society did not consider men and women equal. ... As the story goes on she continued to dream of stories which started the same way with some ...

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Kate Chopin's The Awakening, is a memorable story of one woman's quest for self happiness and strength. ... Her first attempts at writing were brief sketches for a local newspaper which were short descriptions of her life in Louisiana. ... The Awakening is best described as a story of a sensual, determined woman who insists on her independence. ... By the end of the story, one sees that Edna is a very perceptive and strong person. ... The story does not have a rather joyful and uplifting ending though. ...

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The war and winning of the vote by women in 1920 also was reflected in the growing popularity of short haircuts, obvious face make-up, straightest calf length chemise dresses, and smoking cigarettes through a long holder. ... Hair styles were shorter than ever, and face make-up was becoming more acceptable. ... Punk was one of the biggest stories in fashion in the 1970's. ... Thunder of 90's - a tall girl with a short hairstyle or without hair at all or she made her hair look like a sponge. ... Short dresses and skirts, trousers and jeans, idealization of a thin figure, freedom...

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In every short story read this semester, not one character loved another and was loved back equally. ... In the short story, "Princess Mary-, Pechorin decides that the princess will be his next conquest. ... After reading all these stories about the vices of mankind, it can be concluded that true love does not exist, at least in Russian literature. ...

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