Extra credit assignment
Due in class by Tuesday July 17

    Write a 4-6 page essay on the way Gilman uses The Yellow Wallpaper to confront the sexual politics of men and women and husbands and wives in the late-19th century.   How does this story relate to Gilman's commitment to radically transforming the social and economic condition of women?

     You must clear your outline with me before turning in the assignment.

Web resources
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper/wallpaper.html