... and instead presents a beautifully rendered portrait of a complex woman. In order to fully understand her work, it is important to first understand Mary Cassatt. Uninterested in conforming to the rigid societal gender roles in place, she took advantage of her upper middle class status. She was largely considered ... of a woman, and at the time, being a woman was virtually synonymous with motherly duties. While Young Woman in Black (Portrait of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt) is void of a child to immediately imply "mother", we are left with a perspicacious portrait of a veiled woman fully dressed...

• Word Count: 751
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... " with "large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them." The room where John assigns her to living is a "big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore." The room was once a children's nursery and therefore has bars on the windows for ... ...

• Word Count: 1096
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... good with the baby. Such a dear baby! And yet I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous". The room that she is forced to stay in, "It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with window that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore". The woman loves the room and the view that it has, but is has ... ...

• Word Count: 1199
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... are on different floors and have different setups in every room" (705). This statement by the narrator explains that she does in fact like the house. The narrator has a big airy room on the top floor, which contains the yellow wallpaper. 3 The Yellow paper is a symbol of the narrator's sickness. Writing is also a symbol of forget ness. She expresses her feelings ... ...

• Word Count: 520
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School