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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. The yellow wallpaper is a story written by Gilman and the theme of the story is that we conform to the rules and society when people speak for you, you go insane. There are three characters in this story Jane, John, and Jennie. Jane is the protagonist because she’s the main character in the story and the antagonist’s is her husband John. This story took place in an Ancestral Hall or a big, old, dusty house. Jane’s husband is a doctor and she feels sick but he keeps telling her she’s not. So in the story Jane feels desperate, exhausted, and shock. She wants to get out and do something’s like socialize with others but she can’t. So she and John decided to stay at the very top of the house in the nursery with boarded window’s which actually made her go crazy at the end!
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

//You did a good job of identifying the protagonist and antagonist, but I'm not seeing examples from the text to show me that you know those terms really well. You mention the ancestral hall, but i don't see how that supports your main idea about those three characters. I also want to see what you know about the terms foil, dynamic/static, round/flat characters. I need you to organize your thoughts into paragraphs that include an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.//

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”**