Gothicism Empowers One the Inner Reality to Overcome the Reality
Gothicism Empowers One the Inner reality to overcome the reality
“The Yellow Wall-Paper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence are two famous examples Gothic literature. Gothic literature can be making statements about notions of women’s suppressed sexuality, male-dominated culture and gender roles. The characterizations of Gothic literature are mystery, horror, and the supernatural. In “The Yellow Wall-Paper” the Gothic elements of horror and the supernatural are used to illustrate the narrator development. The particular Hidden woman in the “The yellow wallpaper” is a medium where supernatural is displayed and the narrator establishes her inner reality via the yellow wall-paper which empowers her to confront her husband. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner” this rocking horse is a medium to display the supernatural. The narrator gains Gothic supernatural through his mystery rocking horse and had an opportunity to change the reality that his mother has no love for him and wants nothing but money. The narrator in “The yellow wallpaper” has no power in reality. Because of her postpartum depression, the narrator has to experience the rest cure; because of the patriarchal society, the narrator is restricted by her husband; and because of her self-awareness, she always fights with herself which drives her to approach a balance and creates a mirror reflection-The Hidden women. The famous rest cure was invented by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell in 1887, a typical treatment for women’s depression in that era. This rest cure is described by Wagner Martin, she states: “the rest cure depended upon seclusion, massage, immobility, and overfeeding; it had at its root complete mental inactivity" (Martin 982). In the story, the narrator is forbidden to go out, read, and write. In other words, this treatment locks the narrator in an ideological prison. It is able to
“The Yellow Wall-Paper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence are two famous examples Gothic literature. Gothic literature can be making statements about notions of women’s suppressed sexuality, male-dominated culture and gender roles. The characterizations of Gothic literature are mystery, horror, and the supernatural. In “The Yellow Wall-Paper” the Gothic elements of horror and the supernatural are used to illustrate the narrator development. The particular Hidden woman in the “The yellow wallpaper” is a medium where supernatural is displayed and the narrator establishes her inner reality via the yellow wall-paper which empowers her to confront her husband. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner” this rocking horse is a medium to display the supernatural. The narrator gains Gothic supernatural through his mystery rocking horse and had an opportunity to change the reality that his mother has no love for him and wants nothing but money. The narrator in “The yellow wallpaper” has no power in reality. Because of her postpartum depression, the narrator has to experience the rest cure; because of the patriarchal society, the narrator is restricted by her husband; and because of her self-awareness, she always fights with herself which drives her to approach a balance and creates a mirror reflection-The Hidden women. The famous rest cure was invented by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell in 1887, a typical treatment for women’s depression in that era. This rest cure is described by Wagner Martin, she states: “the rest cure depended upon seclusion, massage, immobility, and overfeeding; it had at its root complete mental inactivity" (Martin 982). In the story, the narrator is forbidden to go out, read, and write. In other words, this treatment locks the narrator in an ideological prison. It is able to