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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. Eryca Hamilton `The story of **//“The Yellow Wall Paper”//** is a feminist criticism story because the Jane, the wife, is being held in a room with no outside freedom while John, Her husband, is out and about making money as a doctor and staying overnight with his “patients” if the cases are “too bad”. The protagonist in this story is Jane because she is the main character in the story and also the narrator, the antagonist in this story is John because he is making Jane go through depression by listening to society and having her in a creepy house all day with no contact with the outside world. The foil reflects the theme because she is following society rules too. I would say that the protagonist is the round character because you see different parts of her n the story because she was telling about her diary and very less parts of her husband, the protagonist will also be the dynamic character because she changes in the story example like when she got put in the room she felt sick and even more depressed but further on she felt comfortable.
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

//You're doing a good job identifying the elements of feminist criticism, but when you talk abut literary criticism, you apply the criticism to the story; it isn't in the story. :) I need you to tell me more about the foil. I would also like you to describe more examples in the story to support your ideas.//

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”**

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”**