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"The Yellow Wall Paper", 2005.
This paper discusses the use of symbols in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper", a portrayal of the oppression of women in the nineteenth century and explores the style of her later writings.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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This paper explains that it is customary to find the symbol of the house as representing a secure place for a woman's transformation and her release of self-expression; however, in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper", the protagonist does not want to be in the house and declares it is "haunted". The author points out that the yellow wall-paper plays a double role because (1) it has the ability to trap her in with its intricate pattern, which leads her to no satisfying end; however, (2) it also sets her free. The paper relates that, when examining the larger body of Gilman's work, there is a shift away from the type of confused first-person narrator found in the very popular "The Yellow Wall-Paper" towards a confident all-knowing third-person narrator, not stories that explore the complex psychological development of a character but rather stories that feature stock characters who can be seen as a representative of a type or a class.
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"Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper," does more than just tell the story of a woman who suffers at the hands of 19th century quack medicine. Gilman created a protagonist with real emotions and a real psyche that can be examined and analyzed in the context of modern psychology. In fact, to understand the psychology of the unnamed protagonist is to be well on the way to understanding the story itself. "The Yellow Wall-Paper," written in first-person narrative, charts the psychological state of the protagonist as she slowly deteriorates into schizophrenia (a disintegration of the personality)."
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"Lysistrata" and "The Yellow Wall Paper", 2001.
A comparative essay between Aristophanes's "Lysistrata" and Evans Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper".
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, £ 44.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, compare and contrast the works "Lysistrata" and "The Yellow Wall Paper."
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"At first glance, these two works could not be more different. Yet, they do contain some interesting parallels. Men wrote both pieces, from the woman's point of view. One was about strong women who dominate their men, and the other is about a weak woman whose husband is so domineering that she goes mad. Yet in the end, she is the one still "creeping" around the floor of the room, while her crawls over her husband, who faints."
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?The Yellow Wall-Paper?, 2002.
A study of the use of surroundings in the story, ?The Yellow Wall-Paper?.
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper examines the literary work, ?The Yellow Wall-Paper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It investigates the author's use of the surroundings and setting of the story to demonstrate how the protagonist, who is never given, changes as the story progresses. The paper provides a chronological synopsis and critical analysis throughout the story.
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"The protagonist is the narrator, and she begins by describing the house she and her husband, a physician, are temporarily living in. She describes it as ?secure ancestral? halls? and ?a haunted house.? These two phrases foreshadow the events of the story. As the narrator continues to talk about her situation, we see that she feels far more than secure: she feels trapped. Gradually she comes to believe that the house is haunted, and that the unknown inhabitant is also trapped. She sets about freeing her from her prison, which happens to be the yellow wallpaper. She believes a woman who struggles to be free is held against her will under the wallpaper. This imaginary woman is symbolic of the narrator?s plight, shut off from every direction."
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?The Yellow Wall-Paper? and ?Boys and Girls?, 2002.
A look at the use of color in ?The Yellow Wall-Paper? by Charlotte Gilman and ?Boys and Girls? by Alice Munro.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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Color can be a powerful force in our everyday lives. It can enhance experiences positively or negatively and often trigger memories from the past. Charlotte Gilman and Alice Munro demonstrate the power that color can have on our lives through two characters who are effected by the colors they are surrounded by in their immediate world. This paper examines the use of color in ?The Yellow Wall-Paper? by Gilman and ?Boys and Girls? by Munro and also compares and contrasts how each author proves the importance of color in our lives.
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"In ?The Yellow Wall-Paper,? Charlotte Perkins Gilman demonstrates how color can have a negative effect on a person who is already in a depressed state. What is interesting about this story is that the offensive color is yellow. It is also interesting to note the room in which most of the story takes place was at one time a child?s nursery. Gilman is able to create a dramatic tension by associating a color often associated with happiness and cheer with one woman?s mental instability. In addition, the tension is further increased with the information that the room was a previously child?s room. Munro, on the other hand, uses color to trigger memories, which adds life to her story."
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Different Forms of Imprisonment in "The Yellow Wallpaper", 2001.
A discussion of the many forms of imprisonment and restriction in Charlotte Perkins Gilman?s short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper".
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, £ 31.95
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This paper analyzes the many different ways that the narrator of "The Yellow Wall-Paper" experiences imprisonment in her life. Both obvious and hidden forms are discussed, such as the restrictions placed on the narrator by her husband and physician as well as the remote area in which the country mansion is found.
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"It is understandable that the narrator feels uneasy in the room: the room and many of its features twist the common comforts of a home. For example, a window typically presents a view of possibilities. For the narrator, it represents a view of a world of which she cannot be part. The barred windows show that she is barred from the outside world both physically and mentally."
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The Control of Women, 2007.
A comparison and contrast of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" and Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour."
887 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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The paper relates that Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin wrote their two respective short stories, "The Yellow Wall Paper" and "The Story of An Hour" within two years of each other in the 1890s. The paper discusses how both authors wanted to change their lives and the control their husbands had over them. The paper points out a number of similarities in their plot, symbolism and characters.
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"Both stories utilize a very similar plot, setting, and symbols to come to their unfortunate endings. Each of the women is described as a very sensitive character, as females were characterized during this era. In the story "Yellow Wall Paper," the female narrator's physician says that she has a "temporary nervous depression," which would have been called post-partum depression today. In "The Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble. However, these illnesses are not actually why these women are treated as they are. It is because wives and mothers had certain roles to perform and are to behave in specific ways dictated by their husbands and society in general."
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Nine Steps to Madness and Anger, 2002.
Examining the story "The Yellow Wall Paper," by Evans Gilman.
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 23.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the short story "The Yellow Wall Paper," by Evans Gilman. Specifically, it looks at how the narrator's attitude or perception of her husband changes in the course of her "cure." Provides insight into the relationship of husband and wife and how this develops over the course of the story.
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""The Yellow Wall Paper" is truly a descent into madness, and look inside the mind of a madwoman. As the character's life in the house in the country unfolds, the reader has to wonder why she did not go mad more quickly, because she has no stimulation of any sort. She does not take care of her baby; there is a nursemaid for that, and to see to the household chores. Her husband, a doctor, does not really believe she is sick, and often tells her so. He does not understand that she would like to do something, anything that would keep her mind active. Ultimately, he may be right in his assessment, but his method of curing her simply drives her further into madness. He tells her to rest, get no mental stimulation, and not to do work of any sort."
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Mental Illness in Literature, 2002.
This paper reviews two short stories that use a protagonist with some kind of mental illness - ?The Cask of Amontillado? by Edgar Allan Poe and ?The Yellow Wall-Paper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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This paper presents a review of and a comparison between the two short stories. Similarity of literary devices is explored and the commonality of first person narration is raised. The theme of imprisonment is discussed in both stories, as are the motives of the jailer. Differences in the use of time to set the mood are dealt with, and the kind of diction given to each of the protagonists is contrasted. The paper concludes by stating themes common to the two stories.
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"Gilman and Poe have used some similar literary devices. Both stories are told sequentially, with events presented in the order they occurred, Poe meets a former friend on the street, disguises his loathing for the man, lures him to his death, and then gloats over it. Gilman?s character is already confined to the room with the yellow wall-paper, and although she reveals past events in passing, the main events unfold in order."
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Power and Resistance in "The Yellow Wallpaper", 2000.
An examination of the elements of power and resistance in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, £ 35.95
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This work is an insightful look into the role that both power and resistance play in the literary work "The Yellow Wall-Paper". Examples from the book are cited and closely examined to effectively demonstrate these two elements in the literary work.
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"Power has a distinctive quality; the quality to shape a character by being either subjugated to it or being the one delegating it. In each case, power plays a big role in the development of a dynamic character but both of the cases are rarely seen in the same character because they are complimentary to each other. In The Yellow Wall-Paper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman displays how her story is built around a power relationship between a husband and wife. Gilman shows how the wife tries and successfully resists the delegating power that John holds over her. This delegating power that John has is what Michel Foucault refers to in Method as a normalizing type of power, which everyone has, but does not always use. The narrator of the story is subjected to this normalizing power as John tries to stabilize her so that she fits into his mold for her recovery. By utilizing her own power the narrator starts resisting the power her husband is exercising over her with three distinctive actions: by being more skeptical of his statements and general nature, by her constant writing which helps narrate the story and by ultimately ripping the yellow wallpaper from the room."
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?Mending Wall?, 2002.
A look at the symbolism of the wall in ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost.
884 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This poem reviews the poem, ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost, and examines how Robert Frost uses the low stone walls, common in the countryside in New England, as a metaphor for the difficulties people may have connecting with each other. It discusses how Frost sees walls as a barrier between people, while his neighbor, who shares the wall with him, disagrees. It also shows how Frost notes that walls come down for destructive reasons and how he was probably influenced by World War I, since the poem was written in 1915.
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"He wants his neighbor to consider why they must maintain this wall between themselves. He points out that there are no cows to keep contained, and that apple trees cannot walk from one farmer?s land to another?s, but all his neighbor will say about it is ?Good fences make good neighbors.? So now the reader sees the real wall is a personal one put up by his neighbor, who will do the heavy labor but not discuss the need for it with the other person working beside him, although always on the other side of the wall."
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?The Yellow Wallpaper?, 2004.
An analysis of how the pattern of the yellow wallpaper reflects the mental state of the narrator in the ?The Yellow Wallpaper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
853 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 21.95
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This paper examines "The Yellow Wallpaper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In particular, it looks at how, as her madness progresses, the narrator becomes increasingly aware of a woman present in the pattern of the wallpaper and how, later in her madness, she imagines there to be many women lost in its "torturing" pattern, trying in vain to climb through it. It discusses how the women caught in the wallpaper seems to parallel the narrator's virtual imprisonment by her well-meaning husband. It also shows that, while the narrator's perception of the wallpaper reveals her increasing madness, it effectively symbolizes the struggle of women who attempt to break out of society's imposed standards.
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"She has an immediate dislike for the wallpaper and at first studies it with the eye of a critical interior decorator. The pattern fascinates her and she becomes increasingly obsessed with uncovering its secrets. Eventually it becomes the center of her life and her only concern. On the most basic level, it is apparent that anyone who becomes obsessed with wallpaper and believes it to hold a world that people inhabit is insane. Looking deeper into what the narrator reads into the wallpaper, we can understand her more clearly. The woman she sees in the wallpaper struggling to break free of the bars seems to reflect and reinforce her own desire to leave the house."
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Case Study: Walls (China) Co., Ltd., 2008.
This paper is a case study analysis of the logistics operations start-up of Walls (China) Co., Ltd.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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This paper explains that highly regarded Unilever, who owns Walls Ice Cream, already has established its line of personal care products and food offerings in China. The author reports that, in 1992, Wall's management team concluded that the China population was ripe for expansion in the ice cream market. The paper points out that, although Walls' distribution strategy had been successful in many other countries, it required serious adaptation in China because of the high costs associated with the under-developed transportation and retail infrastructure and fragmented logistics service providers. The paper indicates that these costs were passed on to consumers, who were not willing to pay higher prices for what was perceived to be a local brand. The author concludes that Walls' initial logistics start up resulted in a missed opportunity due to under-utilization of Unilever's vast business network and resources, which were already located in many other regions of China.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Business Analysis
Government
Joint Ventures and Distributors
Retail Market and Consumer Culture
Conclusion of Business Analysis on Walls China
Further Points for Discussion
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"The company retained a series of independent distributors who sold ice cream from the back of trucks to street vendors and small independent retailers in large cities. Walls coaxed vendors into selling their brand exclusively by lending more than 42,000 refrigerators for free, but later found vendors misusing equipment to store frozen products from other manufacturers, and inventory shrinkage due to freezer theft. Walls' refrigerator investment was quite sizable and due to the fact that ice cream demand in China was seasonal, the point of purchase refrigerator investment was not the most cost-effective.
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?The Yellow Wallpaper?, 2004.
An examination of the narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman?s ?The Yellow Wallpaper?.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper discusses the short story, ?The Yellow Wallpaper,? written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In particular, it examines the role of the narrator in the story, identifying the narrator's feelings concerning the characters and the story line. It also explores the imagery of the wall paper relating to the narrator's mental illness.
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"The narrator stating that she ?got out at last? is a statement of defiance and freedom. Her life as it was with John was simply too much like a prison for her. In many ways, the narrator has no choice to find the real freedom she needs because her husband was a doctor that did not believe in postpartum depression. The narrator understands what this means to her well being when she writes, ?If a physician of high standing, and one?s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression--a slight hysterical tendency--what is one to do?? (362). Moreover, the narrator?s brother is a doctor as well. Intuitively, she knows there is something wrong with her but she feels hopeless with two doctors telling her nothing is wrong. The narrator writes, ?Personally, I disagree with their ideas. Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good? (362). What we learn from this statement is not only that the narrator feels trapped but that she feels as though there is no way out of her current situation, at least as long as her husband refuses to recognize what is actually wrong with her. His so-called prescriptions for her only compound her condition."
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