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 two of them look, suppose, and feel the same. Their likes and dislikes are the same for instance, when one likes yellow, the other will like yellow. However, their fortunes are divers(prenominal) 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 aft(prenominal) 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. Each actual symbol is different, but its meaning is the same. Although they differ in many different ways, both show that being trapped indoors an isolated house and having a limited life under a husbands control leads to a miserable ending of a womans life. While Gilman uses a lonely, grownup house where her main character stays for three months, Steinbeck creates a small farmhouse where Elisa lives and works. This definitely addresses their loneliness and isolation. Elisa works in her flower garden in which she plants chrysanthemums bigger 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 why they have many similar thoughts toward women.Works CitedCharter, Ann, and Samuel Charters, eds. Literature and its Writers A mob Introduction to Fict ion, 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 variation of Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper. Charters and Charters 564- 566.