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Dressing Up for the Carnival

Structuralism

Roger

  • buys a mango and compares it to a softball from his first class league ball

Mr. Gilman

  • He gives his daughter-in-law flowers

Structuralist Viewpoint

  • The mango has no significance by itself without being compared to the softball

  • Mr. Gilman would never have given his daughter-in-law flowers unless there was a situation

Feminist Theory

Post-Structuralism

Post - Structuralist Viewpoint

  • The story does not have a regimented form to follow

  • The author, Carol Shields, allows the reader to have free reign to interpret the story how they want to interpret it.

  • She does not go into detail or gives an opinion in the story, which allows the reader's imagination to fill in the rest
  • For example: Mr. Gilman - th author does not state why he gives his daughter-in-law flowers, the readers must come up with a reason as to why

Feminist Viewpoint

  • Women should not be seen as minority or undermined

  • The author should have given women a higher role in society, a role where they are not controlled by males

Wanda

  • In the story, Wanda was asked by her boss to run some errands for him

Mandy

  • The little sister of Ralph who brings her brother his football helmet

Queer Theory

Anonymous Man

  • The middle aged citizen who sometimes, in the privacy of his own home, waltzes around in his wife's lace-trimmed night gown

Queer Theorist Viewpoint

  • In - Between

  • When the man puts on his wife's nightgown, his behaviour changes from masculine to feminine

Psychoanalytic Theory

Mr. Wishcourt

  • He asks Wanda to take his baby carriage home for him because it would not fit in his car

Psychoanalytic Viewpoint

  • His superego, which is his conscience, is present when he questions whether to ask Wanda to walk the baby carriage to his house

  • He gives into his impulsive id and asks Wanda to do the personal tasks anyways

New Historicism

Reader-Response Theory

Mandy

  • She helps her brother by bringing his helmet to him

Wanda

  • Mr. Wishcourt makes Wanda takes the vintage baby carriage to his house

New Historicist Viewpoint

  • Looking at Mandy, it reinforces the universal role of younger siblings in past years

  • Looking at Wanda, they may question why he bought a vintage baby carriage rather than a modern carriage

Mr. Wishcourt

  • His actions are considered rude because he is asking personal favours from Wanda when he should look at the situation from a professional point of view

Tamara

  • not seen as weird, she's seen as a "fashionista"

Mr. Gilman

  • considered weird because no one gives flowers to their daughter-in-law every day

Wanda

  • considered a pushover because she does whatever her boss wants her to do

Eco Criticism

Eco Critics would appreciate:

  • All character walk as a mode of transportation with the exception of Tamara waiting to take the bus
  • Mr. Wishcourt makes Wanda walk the baby carriage home instead of driving

Eco Critics would frown upon:

  • Mr. Gilman buying flowers every day because it is killing the earth little by little since the flowers are used for beauty and will eventually die

Marxist Theory

Wanda

  • Her boss makes her take the baby carriage to his house for him (personal errand)

Marxist Viewpoint

  • the work claims to represent middle-class

  • Power Theory
  • He uses his power over Wanda to make her do his errands

Formalism

Post Colonialism

Formalist Viewpoint

  • If we ignore the author, it gives the impression that the characters have nothing to do with each other

  • It looks as if you are judging random people on the spot

Metaphors:

  • the title name is a metaphor for life/society

  • people all over town are putting on their "costumes"

  • Mr. Gilman is seen as charming but it later says that he is a man in disguise - proving he is putting on his costume

Post Colonialist Viewpoint

  • There is none

  • Our story does not deal with culture studies

  • There is no dominance in culture within our story

Archetypal Theory

Character Archetypes

The Hero

  • Mandy thinks of herself as a hero because she brings her brother his helmet so he doesn't have to sit out of his practice
  • She "saves" the day for him

Mr. Gilman

  • gives his daughter-in-law flowers
  • Myth - when you give girls flowers, it symbolizes forgiveness
  • Daffodils - symbol of rebirth, he gave her multiple because a single one means misfortune
  • Symbolizes - love, respect, rebirth
  • He could be perceived as trying to accept his daughter-in-law or maybe trying to get to his son through his daughter-in-law
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