Another gendered reading could suggest that the change was metaphorical. ... The weather changed from winter to that of "summer heat" and "field of summer grasses," which represents the exotic and the unfamiliar. ... The persona's want of summer symbolises her want of change and of the unfamiliar. ...
She is reading about other women and issues related to women. ... These are also not tips that your standard feminist would want you to be reading about either. ... The idea of women of all sizes being beautiful is also seen in the Summer 2002 issues small fashion spread. ...
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. ...
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...
Readers view texts in perspective, to enable them to understand the books they are reading. Gender roles have been prevalent in our communities for centuries now and they are unfortunately still common; in today's society. The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender rol...
