The Yellow Wallpaper: A Literary Analysis
After I read both of two story, I am really conscious of woman’s status got very fall in a patrilineal society. Woman’s rights have long been ignored, repressed, and they can’t escape from the patrilineal that lead to they are all got sad ending. There are two persons I want to talk about it, one is Emily who is in “A Rose For Emily” was wrote by Faulkner and the Jane is in “The Yellow Wallpaper”.
Emily’s lives was dictated by her father. I think Emily did not perceive her live in the patriarchy. In “A Rose For Emily”, “believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father …show more content…
Jane is the narrator, because Jane just had a slight hysterical tendency at the beginning, after that she was allow to stay in the room day by day that she can’t do anything. She was staring watch the yellow wallpaper and image herself to become the woman in the wallpaper, even lead to her got crazy in the end. Actually, the woman struggle in the yellow wallpaper refers to the narrator and whole woman, it means woman do not have freedom to do what they want. “I” symbolizes the woman who dare to revolt patriarchy, not like Jenny, John’s sister who is obedience. She believes that a qualified housekeeper is the goal of her life, from the article “She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession.”(156) that we obviously know patriarchal has had a profound and dramatic impact. She is representative these type of woman, they have been unconscious as prisoner that had never doubt their destiny and thought woman should be at home to housekeeper, always follow male’s advice. This is very sad, because they even do not have revolution of consciousness, how could win liberation for
Emily’s lives was dictated by her father. I think Emily did not perceive her live in the patriarchy. In “A Rose For Emily”, “believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father …show more content…
Jane is the narrator, because Jane just had a slight hysterical tendency at the beginning, after that she was allow to stay in the room day by day that she can’t do anything. She was staring watch the yellow wallpaper and image herself to become the woman in the wallpaper, even lead to her got crazy in the end. Actually, the woman struggle in the yellow wallpaper refers to the narrator and whole woman, it means woman do not have freedom to do what they want. “I” symbolizes the woman who dare to revolt patriarchy, not like Jenny, John’s sister who is obedience. She believes that a qualified housekeeper is the goal of her life, from the article “She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession.”(156) that we obviously know patriarchal has had a profound and dramatic impact. She is representative these type of woman, they have been unconscious as prisoner that had never doubt their destiny and thought woman should be at home to housekeeper, always follow male’s advice. This is very sad, because they even do not have revolution of consciousness, how could win liberation for