In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow WallPaper," women are depicted as being controlled and dominated by their husbands. The husband has all of the authority and control in the marriage. Women are patronized and demeaned. In this story, the wife is "absolutely forbidden to "work""(207) by her husband, John. The woman's feelings and opinions are ignored. Men were very ignorant to their wives feelings and interests. The stifling person in this story is John the husband. He treats his wife like she is a child throughout the story. He calls her "blessed little goose," (209) "little girl," (212), and says "bless her little heart." (213) It also adds to the picture that John and the narrator's brother are doctors and since they have this education, they are even more condescending especially towards the narrator's mental condition.
In Kate Chopin's, "The Storm," the main female character, Calixta, has an affair. Calixta is portrayed as ambitious. She was "sewing......
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