Masculine Physicians and Prescribers: Assignations for Women in Daisy Miller and The Yellow Wall-paper
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The role of the male as physician and prescriber in 'The Yellow Wall-paper'
- His assurance that there is nothing wrong
- Her 'personal' disagreement with this prescriptions
- Daisy Miller' value for her independence
- Winterbourne's perception of Daisy's role
- Winterbourne travels to Italy and the learning of Diasy's 'vulgarity'
- Conclusion
Abstract
Both Henry James' daisy miller and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "the yellow wall-paper" depict male characters that are unable to understand their female counter-points. In daisy miller, the suitor Winterbourne fails to comprehend daisy's true character, and in "the yellow wall-paper," the husband John cannot understand his wife's ailment. In these stories, the two male characters attempt to remedy the respective female's "problem." In daisy miller Winterbourne attempts to culture daisy by giving her advice and trying to tell her how to act and what to do, and in "the yellow wall-paper" John attempts to cure the narrator's illness by containing her in a room and setting absolute rules for her to abide. the two works share a common theme: the men in these stories attempt to authoritatively impress their ideals and expectations on the women, but prove to be ultimately inadequate at prescribing solutions to the female "problem."
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