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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 book **__“Yellow Wallpaper”__** the theme is about when human beings dictate others we tend to lose self. It’s like when people start getting controlled by other people you can see that they start doubting themselves, they act different. Like during slavery the blacks would run away knowing they had a 95% chance of being killed just because they didn’t like being controlled.

The protagonist is Jane, she is also the narrator. She tells the story of her life and how her husband treated her. Jane was a round character; she had many sides and emotions to her.

The antagonist is the husband, the house, and the sister. Jane was living in a world of patriarchy. She was controlled by her husband whom I think in turn caused her to become delusional and start imagining things.

Jane was a round character because she went through many emotions and had many sides to her. At first she was depressed and seeing things. She also became reflective and confused as the story went on. At the end of the story she had become insane.

Jane was also a dynamic character as the story went on she began to grow and realize that she had no control over the situation. She realized she was living in a patriarchy in which the women are second to men and men control the world. She realized she would have no freedom until she broke free from his rule.

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 Stephen Cranes novel **__“Mystery of Heroism”__** it deals with the civil war and what it was like during the war. The novel is based on a army squad that wanted water. The protagonist is Fred Collins. The antagonist is the war.

Fred Collins id is that he wants to go get water to quinch his thirst. Fred Collins superego is that he wants to give the dying man some of the water that he got for him and his troops. Fred Collins ego is that he wants to give the dying man water but also make it back to his troops so they can have water too. So he shares with the dying man, but then has no water to give to his troops.

The mood of the story is unsatisfied. The mood is unsatisfied because he didn’t have any water to bring back to his troops and he had no water for himself. Fred Collins saw “the line of an old fence was now dimly marked by long weeds and an occasional post”. Fred Collins heard “a noise which resembled the flapping of shutters during a wild gale of winter”. Fred Collins smelled “in the air was an odor as from a conflagration”. Fred Collins felt “ his dulled mid groping after the form and color of this incident”.

The war is being described in this story about Fred Collins and his troops. Fred Collins id, superego, and ego tie to the mood of disatisfaction because he isnt able to get water for him and his troops because he accidentally gave it all to the dying man in the field.

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 novel **__“April Showers”__** Theodora is trying to become an author. Her id is to have her novel published. Her superego is to take care of her family. Her ego is to have her novel published and then take care of her family with the earnings that she gets. One sentence of dialect is when Theodora says “I’m sorry to be late, father”. This tells us that Theodora is educated because she uses father instead of dad or daddy. In the novel **__“The Invalid’s Story”__** the invalid’s id is to get rid of the dead body. The superego of the invalid is to protect the body. The ego of the invalid is to get rid of the smell and protect the dead body. One sentence of dialect is when Thompson said “yes, you look of it anyway you want to. It’s awful solemn and cur’us”. This tells us that Thompson is southern and has little to no education