The Role of Each Husband
The husbands in “The Yellow Wall-paper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross play a specific yet similar role. While they are very different they aim to make their wives feel better and loved. Their difference in each short novel are quite a few. While John from “The Painted Door” is a quiet gentleman, the husband from “The Yellow Wall-paper” also named John is very controlling and outspoken over his wife and her actions. Their similarities are a few, but big in terms of the development in each story. Their intention is to make their wives feel loved greatly and to make sure they are okay at all times although they have different ways of following through with that decision. The husband's …show more content…
But they'll carry me all right. If I leave early I can spend a few hours helping him with his chores, and still be back by suppertime."(1). The mood John displays here is determination which is a good trait to have. In "The Yellow Wall-paper" the husband, John, is much more arrogant to his wife and his mood is always optimistic despite her failing mental health, "Of course if you were in danger, I could and would, but you really are better, dear, whether you can see it or not. I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your appetite is better, I feel really much easier about you." (6). John loves his father and his mood conveys that message meanwhile John's from "the Yellow Wall-paper" mood is showing a different message. He is being quite ignorant of his wife's condition which worsens his wife's mood about the situation. Although both of them love their wife dearly and show that throughout the short story's. From "The Painted Door" John shows his love through sacrifice, "To him it was not what he actually accomplished by means of the sacrifice that mattered, but the sacrifice itself, the gesture-something done for her sake." (2). On the other hand, John from "The Yellow Wall-paper" shows his love very vocally often calling his wife dear, little girl and such, "And dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head. He said I was his darling and his comfort and all that he had, and that I must take care of myself for his sake, and keep well. (6). The both love their wives dearly and their mood depicts that throughout the
The husbands in “The Yellow Wall-paper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross play a specific yet similar role. While they are very different they aim to make their wives feel better and loved. Their difference in each short novel are quite a few. While John from “The Painted Door” is a quiet gentleman, the husband from “The Yellow Wall-paper” also named John is very controlling and outspoken over his wife and her actions. Their similarities are a few, but big in terms of the development in each story. Their intention is to make their wives feel loved greatly and to make sure they are okay at all times although they have different ways of following through with that decision. The husband's …show more content…
But they'll carry me all right. If I leave early I can spend a few hours helping him with his chores, and still be back by suppertime."(1). The mood John displays here is determination which is a good trait to have. In "The Yellow Wall-paper" the husband, John, is much more arrogant to his wife and his mood is always optimistic despite her failing mental health, "Of course if you were in danger, I could and would, but you really are better, dear, whether you can see it or not. I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your appetite is better, I feel really much easier about you." (6). John loves his father and his mood conveys that message meanwhile John's from "the Yellow Wall-paper" mood is showing a different message. He is being quite ignorant of his wife's condition which worsens his wife's mood about the situation. Although both of them love their wife dearly and show that throughout the short story's. From "The Painted Door" John shows his love through sacrifice, "To him it was not what he actually accomplished by means of the sacrifice that mattered, but the sacrifice itself, the gesture-something done for her sake." (2). On the other hand, John from "The Yellow Wall-paper" shows his love very vocally often calling his wife dear, little girl and such, "And dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head. He said I was his darling and his comfort and all that he had, and that I must take care of myself for his sake, and keep well. (6). The both love their wives dearly and their mood depicts that throughout the