Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Journal Analysis

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The article expresses how oppressed women broke free from the constraining chains that they were tied to during the nineteenth century. Also, it references some of the women that had a significant impact with their literary writings such as Gilman. Additionally, the journal speaks about the ideology of separate spheres and the expectation for societal norms. Ultimately, this in addition to her madness gives the narrator the ambition to break the ties by defying the traditions of a male dominated society.

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