"The Yellow Wallpaper": The Main Character And Cry For Freedom
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The short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper" written by Charlotte Perkins
Gilman is a cry for freedom. This story is about a woman who fights for her
right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to do what she wants
to do. The narrator in this short story is a woman whose husband loves h ....
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.... relief to my mind-) perhaps
that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am
sick!"(507) The men are under the impression that what they say goes and
therefore the woman has no choice but to follow. "He knows there is no reason
to suffer and that satisfies him."(508) This quote illustrates that the men are
in control. If they strongly believe nothing is wrong, then nothing must be
wrong. It is a feeling of self satisfaction the men feel when they are superi ....
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