This paper is a comparative study of the Egyptian short story 'Worms in the Rose Garden" by Saiwa Bakr, published in 1992, and the American story "The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Oilman published in 1892.Although the two stories are separated by a hundred years, both writers address the same issue; that of women driven to madness because of their refusal and/or inability to fit into the...
This paper is a comparative study of the Egyptian short story 'Worms in the Rose Garden" by Saiwa Bakr, published in 1992, and the American story "The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Oilman published in 1892.Although the two stories are separated by a hundred years, both writers address the same issue; that of women driven to madness because of their refusal and/or inability to fit into the...