Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Men and Women in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Woman in the Dunes”. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 4 page paper compares the way gender roles are handled in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Woman in the Dunes.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_HVyeldun.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
the man as the dominant partner, sometimes authors surprise us. That is the case here. This paper argues that although the woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" follows her husbands poor
advice to the point of madness, the woman in "The Woman in the Dunes" is at least as strong as the man; thus, the stories take opposite views of gender
roles. Discussion Charlotte Perkins Gilmores story of a womans descent into madness has become a classic. Its likely that the woman, who is not named, is suffering from post-partum depression,
since she mentions a new baby. But instead of letting her write, and see her friends, her husband John insists that she have complete rest (Gilman). This type of "rest
cure" was usual at the time Gilmore wrote the story (1899), when the idea was to keep women, who were considered helpless and fragile, from overexciting themselves and possibly making
themselves even worse. Unfortunately, solitude and rest are precisely the wrong things for the narrator, who would recover much more quickly if she were able to write, and see her
friends, and go out (Gilman). But her husband insists that she do as he says and it is his bullheaded treatment of her that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John
is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she first begins to recognize that shes in trouble, she asks him to take her
home, but he refuses, saying that shes getting better whether or not she knows it: "I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your
appetite is better, I feel really much easier about you" (Gilman). When she protests that in actuality she hasnt gained any weight and her appetite remains poor, he responds with
...