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Women’s Liberation: The Effects of Patriarchal Oppression on Women’s Mind

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  • Naheed Qasim
  • Shehnaz Mehboob
  • Zainab Akram
  • Hajira Masrour

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The present paper analyzed the sufferings of female characters in The Awakening and The Yellow Wall Paper. It attempts to examine the effects of suppression on women mental health which drive them to commit suicide in order to liberate themselves from male dominance society and the role of suppression in madness which also a one way of liberation for women. Olaussen (1992) Three Types of Feminist Criticism and the French philosopher Foucault (1964) Madness and Civilization theory concepts nominated as a guideline for this study. A similar thread runs through The Awakening and The Yellow Wallpaper, 'women's mental illness. Both protagonists of the two texts struggle for their liberty and freedom. Edna is bolder and more expressive while the narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper is submissive. Ultimately both married women manage to secure a different ground for themselves.

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  • Naheed Qasim & Shehnaz Mehboob & Zainab Akram & Hajira Masrour, 2015. "Women’s Liberation: The Effects of Patriarchal Oppression on Women’s Mind," International Journal of Asian Social Science, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 5(7), pages 382-393.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:ijoass:v:5:y:2015:i:7:p:382-393:id:2742
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