In a "White Heron" Sylvia is first introduced as a shy girl who was "afraid of folks." She was happy on her own in the woods with nature. Much like a fairy tale Sylvia was taken out of her hard life in the city and brought to the country by her grandmother. Sylvia was a child of the woods and her grandmother described her as one with the animals. Much like a fairy tale the strange hunter comes into Sylvia's life and although she is scared at first she learns that he means her no harm.

11. It is often the fact that an artist who is wishing to express herself is not giving the chance to thrive under many circumstances. At times, their environment, family, or society is unaccepting of their lifestyle, or their art as a whole. In Alice Munro's "The Office" the heroine of the story works in an environment that is so harmful to her she ultimately slips into depression and doesn't even want to work. Edna Pontellier in Chopin's "The Awakening" faces such opposition from her husband and ultimately her society that she feels she has no choice but to take her own life. In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," Maggie's sister tries to hold her back from her artistic tendencies, simply because she isn't very smart.

Mrs. Brown in A.S. Byatt's "Art Work" surely has her fantasies come true for her. She goes from an extremely hard lifestyle in which she must keep her art a secret into being a successful artist who has her talents exhibited in galleries and on television. Mrs. Brown is introduced as an extravagant woman who is working as a housekeeper for an artistic family. She dresses is bright colors and uses old clothing and materials she finds around the home to make new clothing for herself as well as for the children in the house she tends to. The father in the family she works for is a painter whom gets extremely frustrated with Mrs. Brown and her lack of knowledge of art and colors, ironically she is the one who ends up successful. Mrs. Brown is abused by her husband and cannot even let him know that she is practicing art of any type. She keeps whatever she creates hidden in the basement of her apartment most likely out of fear. She makes the decision to continue with her art even though the outcome could have been horrific is her husband found out. In order for her to be happy she knows she must take the step and talk to the gallery owner about her art. As an artist she knows she will not be happy unless she can create freely. Her artwork is looked at and absolutely adored by the gallery owner who exhibits her work at once. Her creations fill the gallery and receive much praise and even media coverage. She is happier and content with her life since she made the choice to let others know about her work. Repressing her talents was doing no good for her and surely she realized this and it played a major role in her revealing them to others. Like her artwork Mrs. Brown hid her feeling as well as we can see, except for one instance when she showed up at work crying, she never let anyone know what was going on in her life. When she chose to let the secret of her work out she was letting her life secrets out as well and was surely a changed woman afterward, as she could live without fear of her husband. This story is undoubtedly a fantasy come true for Mrs. Brown as she leaves the hard, abusive lifestyle she was burdened with in which she could not work freely and is rewarded with a new lifestyle in which people all over praise her work and her as a woman.

8. Artists are often held back by things in their life and unable to thrive because of such things. One's romantic, marital, or familial attachments can seriously hinder their work if the one they are involved with does not want them to thrive. For a women to go out and be an artist she needs the support of her loved one's and if that support isn't available it is almost impossible for her to continue. The narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is forbidden to work by her husband, Edna in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" receives no support from her father or husband for the work she wishes to do, and Emily in Tillie Olsen's "As I Stand Here Ironing" suffers growing up and is hindered because of her mother's lack of resources.

However she does learn of his occupation and is not at ease with it at all. This man represents everything that is foreign to Sylvia and perhaps all of the things she is trying to forget from her life in the city. He brings ab

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