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A Psychological Aspects Reflected in The Short Story “The Yellow Wallpaper” By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper can be said as a short story included in feminist literary works. At first, when I read this story I felt the narrator would tell one of the horror stories like in a horror film with haunted houses and the horrific things that happened around the house made the people in that house live miserably. But actually, the story goes far from what I imagined. This story is told from the first-person perspective. One thing to know is that the narrator doesn't have a name. I think the writer did this on purpose so that the narrator in the story could be anyone. She can be any woman in this world who faces the same condition. Because the author wrote this novel in a strong feminist tone, the narrator took the role of all women who suffered from unfair gender laws in that time period. I think this story is more seen as a story dealing with the psychological disorders of the narrator. The author wrote this story to stage back most women in general. The narrator of this ...

THE SECRET GARDEN

Like all great stories for children, The Secret Garden contains powerful truths just beneath the surface. There is always a level at which the story is telling children about more than just events; it is telling them about the nature of life.  It is a work of beauty, poetry, and deep mystery, and watching it is like entering for a time into a closed world where one's destiny may be discovered.   In this film, Holland has again made a film about a missing child, but this time her theme and her telling of it are in complete harmony. It is a beautiful, intelligent film; a fable, a lesson, and entrancing entertainment. From the character of Mary Lenox, we can see  the moral of this story is that anyone can change.  Mary Lennox is a young girl who was raised in India, becomes an orphan. She is initially an ill-tempered, self-absorbed child. Through fresh air, exercise, self-help, and the magic of the secret garden, she transforms into a healthy, robust, and caring child...