S/LI/64. The presentation of female power in Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' and Charlotte Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper uses Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' and Charlotte Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' to illustrate the presentation of female power. It focuses on relationships and sexuality, and language and writing to illustrate the points more precisely. Both texts are set within a patriarchal context and this essay tries to show how each of the female characters attempts to overcome this patriarchy.

This paper studies the literary images used by Henry James to portray New York in "Washington Square". It shows how James' perception of New York changed over time, the literary techniques James used to depict New York and the effectiveness of the images used by James. The paper shows the important link between James' use of images and the grand themes he was trying to express.