13-55-8-6

13-55-8-6Modern American Literature: Rise of Realism

Choose one of the stories to apply feminist criticism to the reading. Identify the protagonist and antagonist and describe their relationship as it relates to the theme. How does the relationship to the foil, if there is one, reflect the theme? Identify whether the protagonist is round or flat, dynamic or static. Support your response with examples from the text. In the story “yellow wallpaper”, when society controls your every move you go crazy. The protagonist in this story is Jane, John’s wife and the antagonist is John. They both relate to the theme because John the antagonist is very controlling and his wife Jane does whatever he tells her and Jane is the main character. The relationship of the foil is between Jane and Jennie they relate to the theme because Jennie likes to help and do things around the house and listen to what John says. Jane on the other hand keeps to herself, she doesn’t do anything but lie around and pretend to sleep all day. The protagonist is a round character because you get to see all side of her and I think she is dynamic also because you get to see her change a lot thru out the story. When Jane is creeping that shows her biggest change because she is running around the room, I believe the room made Jane crazy because of the wallpaper.
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

//AVOID 2ND PERSON (NO "YOU"!) -- but nice identification of theme. :) I'd like you to develop your ideas more around theme and foil -- it sounds like you have a great start here! I also would like to see specific details from the text that support that Jane is a round and dynamic character.//

Select an example of imagery that creates the mood of the story? How does the mood of the setting reflect the character’s motivations driven by their id, ego, and superego?
 * Crane’s “Mystery of Heroism”**

In the story of Mystery of Heroism the imagery is created by Fred Colin’s, when Colin’s is convinced to run across the field to get water he was getting shoot at with guns and cannons. While Colin’s ran across the field he saw over one hundred men in dark uniform and the smoke out of the gun barrels, he heard the hissing of bullets going by his head and the tin water cans banging together. Colin’s smelled the burnt gun powder and the smell of burnt wood that use to be a house. Fred felt the tin cans hitting his legs and the sweat running down his head. The mood reflects Colin’s motivation because his ID wants to drink water and nothing else, his Ego made him feel good while getting the water but fear settled in real quick, and his Super-ego is when Colin’s was running back to return the water he saw a dead man he kept on going but his super-ego told him to go back and give the water to the dying man water before he died.

How does the author indirectly characterize the protagonist through the use of dialect? What does this tell us about the character? How are they influenced by their id, ego, or superego?
 * Wharton’s “April Showers” and Twain’s “The Invalid’s Story”**

In the story invalid’s story the author indirectly uses Tom as the protagonist tom says; “cur’us but we’ve all got to go one more time or another.” This dialect tells us that this character is from the south and he doesn’t have much education, the invalid also tells us that tom needs to get away from the smell and to stay warm but they have to go outside in the cold to get away from the smell. His superego tells him to take the body to Wisconsin and deliver it to the boy’s family. His ego tells him to take the kid back to his family because tom’s wife wants him to do it.

In April Showers the author use Theorda and she uses the term “Sly Baggage.” This reflects off her superego because she needed to sew the buttons on Johnny’s refer. Theroda’s id tells her out of anger she picked up and left to Boston and left everyone behind, her ego is to give money to her family once she published her book for leaving them behind.