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A comparison between the two short stories, with particular reference to the way in which they deal with mental illness and the psychological relationships between men and women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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There are a number of significant differences in the content and style of Hemingways The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper even though one of the
themes - that of mental illness - is similar in both. For example, The Yellow Wallpaper is told entirely from the perspective of the central character, the woman trapped in
the room with the yellow wallpaper: we see the other characters only from her viewpoint, which changes as her illness develops. In Hemingways narrative, although we see primarily the point
of view of the main protagonist, the story does not entirely consists of a first-person monologue, since much of it involves dialogue between the dying man and his wife.
Throughout the story, we are able to see
the way in which the mans mental condition is deteriorating as a result of his injury, and the ensuing fever: even though Hemingways descriptive passages are detailed and informative, it
is evident that many of the mans memories are coloured by both his fever and by the prospect of impending death. His verbal abuse of his wife, for instance, and
his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the glimpse we are given into his private thoughts
would seem to indicate that he is genuinely lacking in affection for the woman, mainly because he is jaded and bored by emotional relationships. He tells himself that she is
a good woman, in many ways, and has been a good wife to him, but the clarity of thought and honesty which the presence of death has brought him means
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