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“The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Sonny’s Blues”

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in a complete essay, one of the five short stories we read in class (“The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Sonny’s Blues”, “Everyday Use”, “Cathedral”, “The Great Silence”). Identify what you believe to be the main theme of the story and in an argument paper convince your reader that this is the main theme by explaining how you came to your conclusion. Be sure to include a plot summary and use specific examples from within the story in order to prove your thesis. Research is not a requirement for this assignment, but if you feel it will assist you in writing the paper you may do some. If you do research,

“The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Sonny’s Blues”

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in a complete essay, one of the five short stories we read in class (“The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Sonny’s Blues”, “Everyday Use”, “Cathedral”, “The Great Silence”). Identify what you believe to be the main theme of the story and in an argument paper convince your reader that this is the main theme by explaining how you came to your conclusion. Be sure to include a plot summary and use specific examples from within the story in order to prove your thesis. Research is not a requirement for this assignment, but if you feel it will assist you in writing the paper you may do some. If you do research,

“The Yellow Wallpaper”

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This week’s discussion of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is in two parts. First, what do you think is happening at the end of the story? Some have said that the narrator is trying to commit suicide, though there is not much critical evidence that supports that idea. What do you think?

Second, after you have read both the story and Gilman’s comments on why she wrote the story, how effective do you think Gilman is with using this story to show the ineffectiveness of the treatment used for many women suffering from depression?

 

“The Yellow Wallpaper”

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This week’s discussion of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is in two parts. First, what do you think is happening at the end of the story? Some have said that the narrator is trying to commit suicide, though there is not much critical evidence that supports that idea. What do you think?

Second, after you have read both the story and Gilman’s comments on why she wrote the story, how effective do you think Gilman is with using this story to show the ineffectiveness of the treatment used for many women suffering from depression?