Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
Date Submitted: 08/04/2001 00:03:31
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 5 pages (1468 words)
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 5 pages (1468 words)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis" contain many similarities. They both have the common theme of the deterioration of the main character's life and mind, as well as the theme of the ostracism of outcasts in society. They also both deal with the main characters gaining a freedom through the demise of their previous lives. The woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" is slowly deteriorating in mental state. When she first moves …
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…after night just like her being stuck in the house. "The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out." (Narrator 534) Many times her husband stayed in town for long periods of time, which gave her plenty of time to do nothing. She couldn't write which is a great way to channel your feeling and thoughts. This was a feeding ground for the desease (insanity) to get worse.
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