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Mental Health and Self-Agency: Themes In ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story about a woman's descent into madness because her doctor husband downplays her mental illness. The story is also…
Posted by The Literary Girl March 11, 2024
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“A Jury of her Peers” by Susan Glaspell Feminist Analysis

In A Jury of Her Peers (1917) by Susan Glaspell, two women find crucial evidence that could convict a fellow woman for murder but choose to conceal it from the…
Posted by The Literary Girl December 16, 2023
“Good Bones” by Maggie Smith Poem Analysis: Exploring the Theme of Realism
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“Good Bones” by Maggie Smith Poem Analysis: Exploring the Theme of Realism

How do you tell your children about life and all its realities? How do you explain the fact that life is as evil as it is good? In Maggie Smith’s…
Posted by The Literary Girl September 3, 2023
“Work Without Hope” Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Using Contrast to Emphasize Lack of Hope
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“Work Without Hope” Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Using Contrast to Emphasize Lack of Hope

The 1825 Romantic era poem "Work Without Hope" by Samuel Taylor is a lamentation of a man who lacks an object to place his hope and thus, wonders aimlessly and…
Posted by The Literary Girl August 22, 2023
Tying Symbolism and Irony in “Our Christmas Reunion” by Edward Chinhanhu
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Tying Symbolism and Irony in “Our Christmas Reunion” by Edward Chinhanhu

When the African continent, and especially the Southern region, was grappling with HIV/AIDS pandemic, SIDA, in collaboration with the University of Cape Town, used literature to raise awareness by showing…
Posted by The Literary Girl July 29, 2020
Hints of Evil: How Shirley Jackson Foreshadows the True Meaning of “The Lottery”
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Hints of Evil: How Shirley Jackson Foreshadows the True Meaning of “The Lottery”

Nearly everyone who reads Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery cannot even begin to fathom the true meaning of the lottery until it has already happened. The shock that we…
Posted by The Literary Girl November 21, 2019
A Thin Veil of Satire- “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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A Thin Veil of Satire- “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Numerous authors have opined Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Young Goodman Brown", each with a new perspective or an improvement of their former. While it is not a much explored topic,…
Posted by The Literary Girl January 20, 2019

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