Women's Roles In A Yellow-Wallpaper By Kate Chopin

In most of the early literature, stories were written by men. Women were not allowed to write, not even in their own homes. Not until the 17th and 18th centuries did women start to get their books published. Before that time, woman used pen names so that their books would get recognized by publishers and soon published. Most stories women wrote would not get published because of the way women portrayed each gender in their stories. Women portray the men in their stories as controlling. The man seems to rule the household and everything or anyone in it. The man tells the women what to do and when to do it. In the story, “A Yellow-Wallpaper”, the women is controlled by her husband. She is told that she cannot write or go out and work. Her husband

In the beginning of the story, Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband died in a railroad disaster. Instead of the reaction that most people would think she would have, she is overjoyed that her husband is dead. She feels free from her marriage, which leads readers to believe that she is unhappy with her marriage. Once she is in her room alone she looks out the window and sees signs of life. This is another sign that she is happy and relieved she is free from her marriage. At the end of the story, Mr. Mallard walks through the door and Mrs. Mallard realizes that all of her freedom is gone and that her husband did not die after all. She soon dies from seeing that her husband is alive and not dead. This story shows how some women are unhappy with their marriages. On the other side, in the story “Outcasts of Poker Flat”, Piney is not unhappy with her marriage, in fact, Piney is happy to marry Tom Simson. The two are on their way to Poker Flat to get married and both characters are happy. Piney tells the outcasts how she is excited to marry Tom and about how Tom is a great man. This male author shows that a woman is happy to get