Comparing The Yellow Wallpaper and A Doll's House for NEA

Hiya - I did TYW but compared it with another book called Wide Sargasso Sea, if you want I can share my essay with you if you dm me an email address. My question was 'how does the male domination of society affect the female experience.' My line of argument, which could also work for you, was both authors use female insanity as a construct to highlight the repercussions on women of a society controlled by men.

- Both Torvald and John are shown as using diminutive nicknames such as "a blessed little goose" or "pretty little squirrel.' By likening the wives to animals, the husbands are shown as exerting their dominance as they see themselves as intellectually superior
also for AO2 for that point, you could say that references to animals are somewhat ironic as both animals are free, while the women are encaged.

- Both Nora and John's wife escape their prisons, rejecting the holds of their husbands. This shows that to be free, women need to be rid of the patriarchal fetters that confine them.

Hope that helped and I am more than happy to share my coursework with you x

sure - pm me your email address x