The Depiction of Women in The Yellow Wallpaper and The Chrysanthemums

The Depiction of Women in The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck Identical twins have the same genes that make both of them look, think, and feel the same. Their likes and dislikes be the same for instance, when maven likes yellow, the other will like yellow. However, their fortunes are different for instance, when one dies, the other will not die. Similarly, in literature, different authors have created a twin character in different eras. It is as if a second twin sister was born forty years after the first one was born. In The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( 1892) and The Chrysanthemums, written by John Steinbeck (1938), both stories are similar in characterization and setting. They differ, however, in their points of view and the symbolism. all(prenominal) actual symbol is different, but its meaning is the same. Although they differ in many different ways, both show that being trapped inside an isolate d field of operations and having a limited life under a husbands control leads to a miserable ending of a womans life. While Gilman uses a lonely, big house where her principal(prenominal) character stays for three months, Steinbeck creates a little(a) farmhouse where Elisa lives and works. This definitely addresses their loneliness and isolation. Elisa works in her flower garden in which she plants chrysanthemums larger than anyone does in the Salinas Valley. She works alone in her small garden that is surrounded with a wire fence to protect from cattle and dogs and chickens (Steinbeck 503). She lives in a small farmhouse that is far away from other houses, which makes her feel as if she is isolated from her society. Steinbeck sets the Salinas Valley as if it is also isola... ...eir messages of the stories are the same. So now, just think about wherefore they have many similar thoughts toward women.Works CitedCharter, Ann, and Samuel Charters, eds. Literature and its Write rs A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 3rd ed. Boston Bedford/ St. Martins, 2003.Steinbeck, John. The Chrysanthemums. Literature and its Writers A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 3 rd ed.Ed. Ann Charter and SamuelCharter. Boston Bedford/ St. Martins, 2003. 502 - 510.Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. Literature and its Writers A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 3 rd ed. Ed. Ann Charter and Samuel Charter. Boston Bedford/ St. Martins, 2003. 182- 193.Gilbert, Sandra M., and Gubar, Susan. A Feminist Reading of Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper. Charters and Charters 564- 566.