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Modern 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.
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

In __The Yellow Wall paper__ there was many different characters in the story that reflected around Jane. If u read the beginning of the story you would have thought that Jane was just being treated like a little kid, but towards the middle and end u would have thought she was crazy. It all adds up and u just have to really get into the story for you to get it. The Protagonist in the story would be Jane because the story was based around her. The Antagonist would be the husband. The relationship between the two was very weird. The husband was holding Jane back from doing anything on her own. He would carry her up stairs if she fell asleep. She would always be stuck in her bedroom because that’s where he would place her. As said form the text: And Dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head. To me the theme is Stereotypes limit people to what they can do and what they should be doing. Jane would be a Round character. She shows a lot of emotions and is always switching up on her moods. At the beginning she said: Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest reasonable talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia. She expresses herself very clearly but it gets confusing because towards the end she started acting crazy or just a little strange. As she paces herself around the wall with her shoulder in the crease in which she has been circling for hours at a time. She was saying: I kept on creeping just the same, but I looked at him over my shoulder."I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!" She was talking about herself in 3rd person. AS she was seeing In the wallpaper she thought she was seeing another person in the wallpaper as herself trapped in a room

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”**

The story is called “Mystery of Heroism,” by Stephen Crane. This story is based around a war. Collions is the protagonist of the story. Collions is in a middle of a war and says he is thirsty. He fellow mates are pushing him to go out while there in the war and get water. Collions convinces his self to do it and he did it. On his way back one of his injured fellow mates asked to give him some water while he was running back to the base and at first collions says no but he had a change of heart and give it to him anyway. I am going to tell u who the Antagonist and the protagonist is. I can tell u about the five senses, Sight, Smell, Sound, taste, and Feel. What I really got out of this story is a horror and crazy story about the war and how people survive. __“When a piece was fired, a red streak as round as a log flashed low in the heavens, like a monstrous bolt of lightning. The men of the battery wore white duck trousers, which somehow emphasised their legs: and when they ran and crowded in little groups at the bidding of the shouting officers, it was more impressive than usual to the infantry __.”- When u read this u have a very good image in your head because they really put a lot of detail in the text. This is what u call Sight or imagery when u can picture everything that is being read to you. When u think of getting shot at and still living isn’t very pretty. “Collins __ suddenly felt that two demon fingers were pressed into his ears. He could see nothing but flying arrows, flaming red.” __ Collions is a very brave person for doing what he did and even in the middle of a war.

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”**

April showers About April showers I think the author is characterizing theodora as a sweet hearted but commen since person. She was the only person to look after her younger siblings. She had her own dreams of her own that she wanted to acommplish. I think her id was tellin her to write her book. Her ego was tellin her to take care of her family, but her superego is sayin for her to write the book and use the money and pay to help her family.