Men vs. Women
During the late 19th and early 20th century, literature depicted male-female relationships as a battle between each other of who is in control. Such stories as "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Hills Like White Elephants" showed the power and manipulation of men and the will to be free and independent of women during those times. Yet, as you will read on during this essay, the relationships have been battles of mind games and trickery towards each other. In "Hills Like White Elephants", Ernest Hemingway showed the manipulation of the "man" towards the "girl" to have an operation that was not stated. The dialogue between them was innocent and persuasive toward the girl while she was trying to fight away from the control and decide for herself what she wanted to do. Also used was guilt toward the girl as seen by this line, " That's the only thing that bothers us. It's the only thing that's made us unhappy" (Hemmingway 2). He almost blames her for whatever the mistake is and uses the manipulation to bring her down and almost controls her thinking. "The Yellow Wallpaper" also uses manipulation and control fro
Today women have a great deal more of power than during the times these stories were written, and these authors showed a great deal the stereotypical behavior of men, and the strength of women. " You know the place is doing you good," (Gilman 693) is the line used when the wife is almost begging the husband to change the wallpaper and that she hated the room. Hemingway refrained from giving the woman a name and continuously called her girl. Gilman depicts the room she is in as a trap for her with the bed nailed to the floor and the windows barred. The wife depicts the room such in a negative form that she even complains of the smell that the wallpaper has. Both constantly used the word "girl" to describe the female in the story. Even though guilt is particularly not shown in this story the dialogue is almost the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. These two stories show greatly in detail the struggle women had during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Charlotte Gilman uses these two means by having the husband, John, choosing what is right for the wife and forbids her to make choices, which he thinks will hurt her. The manipulation of men and the symbolizing of weak women make up most of the stories, but the intense urge for freedom and independence shut down the powers of the men to overcome the times in which women were "white elephants". The powers of gender used in both stories were similar also.
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