on men and women alike. Two such works are “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, which analyze the tragic circumstance that surround the respective lives of the protagonists. In the two short stories, Gilman and Chopin show through themes, symbols, motifs and other literary tools how the two female protagonists suffer under the oppression of their surroundings and male dominance, which ultimately causes them
Sebiga Lee AP Lit Ms. Conforti October 11th, 2014 Using any three stories, discuss how a central symbol is established and developed. Assess the relative importance in each story. The Yellow Wallpaper, Bartleby the Scrivener, and Paul’s Case contain symbols that represent significant themes in the text. The authors of all three stories provide signs of forbearance before the incidental events in order to establish the main points and themes of the stories. The symbols represent crucial messages
as demonstrated by the protagonists in the stories “Paul's Case” written by Willa Sibert Cather in 1905 and “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Stelson in 1892. These stories have a similar theme of showcasing a main character struggling to fit in with society due to the preconceived