Essays should be 4 to 6 pages in length, should use direct quotations from the text to prove a thesis, and outside research is strongly encourage. All quotations and citations

Essays should be 4 to 6 pages in length, should use direct quotations from the text to prove a thesis, and outside research is strongly encourage. All quotations and citations should use either MLA or APA format. 1. Imbedded within Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story “ is her critique of the role and place of women in Western cultures. does Gilman see as the plight of women in her own society? is the cost to women of being consigned to that plight? 2. 3. In Kate Chopin’s “ after learning of the supposed death of her husband, Mrs. Mallard closes the door to her room so that her sister Josephine cannot get in, yet she leaves the window open. Why does Chopin make a point of telling the reader this? How might this relate to the idea of being “free” and to the implicit idea that she is somehow imprisoned? Do other words in the story relate to this idea?