Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged woman who’s a little bit on the heavy side. Her main issue is that she is unhappy with her marriage and she feels that she is living an unfulfilled life. She doesn’t like being a stereotypical housewife and she feels lost. We find out that Evelyn is really in a bad place when she says “I wish I could kill myself, but I don’t have the courage” (Flagg 66). It turns out that Evelyn has actually developed menopause and she just didn’t know it until Ninny let her know.
The story is also told in a chronological order that starts at the beginning of the summer where Jane is somewhat “ill” to where it progresses to the end where Jane finally losses her mind. The major differences that we see from the beginning to the end of the story is Jane’s slow slip into this illness and how the love and romantic gesture she believed to be from her husband john turned into somewhat resentment towards him because of how its designed to control her. In this story the climax is for sure when Jane losses it the night before she is to be checked out and when john comes to collect her he finds that she has ripped the yellow wallpaper that she has complained about the whole summer ripped from the
Your Name Name of Class Professors Name Date The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman The short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was first published in 1899 and is the journal of Jane who is quite ill with what is regarded as “temporary nervous depression” (Gilman, 1899). She is taken away on holiday by her husband, and kept in a room where she is meant to be healing. However, she finds herself distracted by the wallpaper in the room, and begins a downward spiral into complete psychosis as her perception of and relationship with the wallpaper evolves. The relationship with the yellow wallpaper is not the only thing that changes, as she soon begins to see distinct changes in her husband, her sister-in-law, and herself. She is compelled to unlock the secret of the wallpaper, at any
John Proctors wife Elizabeth becomes upset when she learns the alone time Proctor and Abigail shared and is convinced they are pursuing an affair. This shows the lack of connection in their relationship, which makes Elizabeth feel lonely and upset. The lack of acceptance shown by Proctor takes a toll on Elizabeth, as she believes Abigail will accuse her of witchcraft. Another text that relates to belonging includes the film Little Miss Sunshine. The lack of communication and acceptance is a key concept throughout the movie.
During the last scene, Lady Macbeth expresses her guilt through a dream. Lady Macbeth says “Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfume of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand, Oh! Oh! Oh!” (5, 1; 42). The causes of her death was the buildup of guilt in her.
Duffy, as Mrs Lazarus, later explains the grief has led her to throwing up; “retched,” this shows that Mrs Lazarus has led herself to tormenting herself, as she is self harming and throwing up. At the end of the stanza Duffy repeats the word dead; “dead, dead,” this showing how bad her loss is, but also conveying that Mrs Lazarus is still shocked by the loss and is still not understanding it. At the beginning of the second stanza Duffy used short lines which are broken up by punctuation which makes the verse very disjointed; “Slept in a single cot” this also shows Mrs Lazarus has no body anymore and is therefore lonely, but also suggests she is like a baby in a cot who is hopeless. Duffy then puts emphasis on Mrs Lazarus grief and despair when she uses the word “widow,” followed by the word “half” suggesting that Mrs Lazarus is incomplete. We
Williams included her alcoholism to create the awareness of blanches need to escape the harsh reality of life and how out of control she is. This is also shown in scene III where she ‘cannot stand a naked light bulb’, and insists on covering it with a ‘paper lantern’, reflecting her need to hide from reality of her past. Additionally the burning need for sexual desire in the character of Blanche can very easily be interpreted as immoral lust, however, I feel that Williams has included her relentless sleeping with men as a reflection of her loneliness and insecurity. The story of her ‘degenerate’ husbands suicide is clearly the root of her problems, as ‘she didn’t just love him but worshipped the ground he walked on’. She cannot face up to reality and deal with her emotional problems in a ‘normal’ way, thus creating a sordid reputation for herself.
Harvie finds it difficult to form relationships, and feels alone and depressed, especially after his wife dies and he is living in a nursing home. One night, he feels extremely depressed and, again, decides to end his life by overdosing. On his way to his room he meets a lady named Wilma. She also finds it difficult to form relationships due to being judged because of the cancerous goiter on her face. When Harvie begins talking to her, and their friendship advances he discovers that she also wants to end her life.
She came from a very poor family and she strived to get where she is today. Lately she has begun feeling stressed out and depressed in her life. She feels as if everything is going in the wrong direction. Emily has a husband who verbally, emotionally and physically abuses her. She loves him so much but she is getting sick to the point she feels that life means nothing to her.
However, the poem begins to show objection amongst the female character indicating “strange low sobs that shook their common bed”. The woman cries slowly as the man makes his light quivers because she is not afraid as she does not physically resent the action but, out of imminent binding to her relationship. She does not love her husband as he also knows of this fact he is hesitant. The simile in line 5 “And strangled mute, like little gaping snakes,” is analogous to the helplessness of the situation. The words strangled and mute are words of evoking fear and seem to foreshadow an elegy because of the powerful darkness surrounding the mood of the poem.