Ethan Frome and The Yellow Wallpaper both have women as the leading role in their stories. In Ethan Frome the women’s names are Zeena Frome and Mattie Silver. In The Yellow Wallpaper, the women’s names are Jennie, Mary, and the anonymous narrator. Each of the characters have their own unique traits and different personalities, but they also have many similarities. Each of the women play very big roles in their stories, and they are portrayed in different ways.
Let’s start with Ethan Frome. The women in Ethan Frome are two completely different people with different personalities. They are both portrayed in their own unique ways. Mattie is described as a women who everyone envisions a women being, sweet, caring, helpful, and very nice. Zeena is pictured as someone who’s always depressed and mad about everything, she’s crazy, sickly, jealous, and controlling. Both of the women are portrayed in two completely different ways. Mattie's personality contrasts with that of Zeena. Mattie is not demanding, she doesn't…show more content… The narrator is depicted as a young, upper-middle-class woman, newly married and a mother, who is undergoing care for depression. Jennie is described as a regular housewife who happily assumes all the traditional duties of a lady of the house. Mary is illustrated as a regular nanny hired to take care of a child. Mary is responsible for, and takes care of the narrator and John's baby. Writer uses psychological horror to critique position of women in the institution of marriage of her time. This story is about a husbands control over his wife and attacks the way the wives were treated in the society. John’s oppression led to the deepening of Jennie’s depression. Women were expected to take care of their children, keep the house and do only as they are told. The author of this story suggests otherwise, and implies that women can do a lot more and combined with men can contribute to
