The Yellow Wallpaper And A Worn Path By Welty And Gilman

Battle between two authors: Welty and Gilman Among the two stories â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† by Gilman and â€Å"A Worn Path† by Welty, they both have characters that are very powerful. Power is something that comes as a feeling, and in a story, it means that the character is of importance. In comparison of the two short stories, there are many differences, but in the end, there is always one similarity: power. In â€Å"A Worn Path,† Welty seems to have a view of power, being someone who has authority and a big influence on others. Old Phoenix states â€Å"Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons, and wild animals! . . . Keep out from under these feet, little bobwhites. . . Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. Don’t let none these come running my direction. I got a long way† (1006). Old Phoenix says this because she is a person of power, and does not want someone to tell her what she should or should not do, with her knowing what her goal is. She does not want anything but to achieve her goal, as she says â€Å"Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far.. Something always take a hold of me on this hill – pleads I should stay† (1007). That statement was about the path she walked being on a hill, but being able to achieve getting there, even though her feet feel like there are chains holding her back. As Old Phoenix started out as a person of power, she still continued to make an impact on others and the story on her journey. Old Phoenix’s grandson saidShow MoreRelatedThe Cask Of Admontillado, By Edgar Allen Poe And The Yellow Wallpaper Essay1987 Words   |  8 Pageson the roles that require authority (Fisher and Silber). To better understand the role of fixed gender expectations, we will analyze four short essays namely: Eudora Welty’s â€Å"A Worn Path†; Edgar Allen Poe’s â€Å"The Cask of Admontillado†; William Faulkner’s â€Å"A Rose for Emily† and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper.† All these essays except Edgar Allen Poe’s â€Å"The Cask of Admontillado,† describe the lives of women protagonists in different environments which influence how they act in an era