These types of activities, reading, writing and thinking only took unnecessary time away from a woman's household duties. ... They read: January 1st. 1883 Tuesday Conway Brown shot himself yesterday He told me last summer that he had times of horrible depression. ... I determine from reading Gilman's abridged diaries that the smell is that of death, or probably more accurate, that of chloroform. ... The Connecticut Writer's confirm that in the summer of 1886, Charlotte, herself, was in fact, isolated in a room in a large country estate devoid of anything that might ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

When reading an essay or a short story people usually wonder if their expectations towards the end of the piece of literature under study, have any kind of effect on their mood and predictions. ... So it leaves a perplexed mood, which grasps the reader's attention as they want to continue reading to investigate about the wife's fate and her illness. When reading through Jackson's story, "The Lottery", the reader comes across the towns' people talking about getting a new box for the event to pull names out of, because the old box looked worn out. ... Summers began...

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They are excited about the home, "ancestral halls-, that they were able to secure for the summer. ... - After reading the two sample student papers, I see quite a few similarities in each of their interpretations. ...

• Word Count: 864
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Imagine being diagnosed with a disease which forbids you from any creative activity, stops you from going out, and limits your forms of expression. That's not even the worst part! There's also no guarantee you'll get better but all you are required to do is blindly follow orders given to you by your...

• Word Count: 1134
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• Grade Level: High School

The narrator and her husband, John, have just had a beautiful baby boy, and rent a large colonial estate for the summer. ... In asylums, those afflicted with this bizarre medical condition would be isolated from all outside distractions, stripped of the right to any form of entertainment, such as writing, reading, drawing, and they were not allowed any human interaction. ...

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The story starts out with John and his wife moving to a colonial estate for the summer. ... The narrator calls the paper "dead paper" because she knows that she will be the only one reading her own notes. ...

• Word Count: 1014
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• Grade Level: High School

When reading "The Yellow Wallpaper", a reader cannot miss noticing the importance of the setting in which the action takes place. ... The author takes the opportunity to relate elements of setting with symbols and meanings beyond the first reading's impressions. The house that the characters rent for the summer as well as the surrounding scenery is introduced right from the beginning. ...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John arranges for them to move to an isolated house for the summer "solely on her account " in order for her to have "perfect rest and all the air [she] could get. " Although the narrator asserts, "I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change would do me good, " she adheres to her husband's orders and moves into the old nursery at the top of the house. ... In a feminist reading of the text, Triechler further cl...

• Word Count: 1676
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"A quick reading of the phrase might mislead the reader into thinking that Mrs. ... The story is about a young mother's mental deterioration, postpartum depression, in which she is advised, based on medical theories that her husband, as a high standing physician, gave to her, "to abstain from any and all physical activity and intellectual stimulation", which included reading, writing or taking care of her new baby ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 277). As a treatment for her "temporary nervous depression", the unnamed protagonist's husband, John, takes her t...

• Word Count: 2447
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• Has Bibliography