Does confinement have a positive, negative, or combination of effects on the mental state of Antigone and the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper”? In the conclusion, make a connection between the confinement experiences of 440BC characters , 19th century characters, and real-life people in contemporary society.
Directions for Essay 2: Background: “Antigone” was written by the male playwright, Sophocles, around 440 BC, and “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by the female social reformer and author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, more than a millennium later. Despite these great differences, Sophocles and Gilman compose powerful stories with plots focusing on a female character. According […]