The Yellow Wallpaper Essays

The Yellow Wallpaper Research Paper
A tale of Two Ghosts: The Yellow Wallpaper and the Things they Carried
When people think of normal ghost stories they think of stories told around the campfire. Like a
ghost of a one handed axe murder that kills kids that venture out into the woods, or the ghost of a
kid who drowned in the lake and seeks vengeance on every camper that comes there. Many people
don't associate ghost stories with tales like Macbeth and Hamlet by Shakespeare. Or other works of
literature like the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Things they Carried by Tim
O'Brien. Both tales are great examples of a unconventional ghost story not normally told around the
campfire, because of the hidden underlying "ghost".
The Yellow Wallpaper starts out normal
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Making the room seem more prisonlike then homely. It is within that room that the reader is first
introduced to the "ghost". As time goes on the narrator begins to see a woman behind this ghastly
yellow wallpaper that she is forced to look at every day. We are introduced to this wallpaper as "a
woman that is stooping down and creeping behind that pattern" (Gilman 72). As the story
progresses the narrator begins to see the woman more and more clearly behind this yellow
wallpaper. "The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be" (73). The
longer the story goes the more the reader begins to understand who the woman is. Behind the
Yellow Wallpaper lie our narrator and her thoughts and emotions. Like the "woman" she sees
behind the yellow wallpaper she feels trapped without a way out. And the ghost is what she sees
within herself. Both are being kept inside during the daytime while they want to be outside being
active. As we progress the woman behind the wallpaper shakes and moves more agitated, as the
narrator herself becomes more agitated and trying to break free in a sense. What the reader comes to
understand within the story is that the narrator isn't trying to break out of the room, but rather break
out of the submissive relationship she has with her husband. And the ghost behind the wallpaper
represents
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The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis
While reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" I was confused after the first page since, she was talking
about being sick. I thought the story felt like a horror film, since she felt nervous about the house
they rented. This story gave very interesting details of what the narrator thought in the room. As a
reader it was hard to understand what she went through. I hated how the husband John, he didn't
care about anything she was saying always brushing it off. I gave little respect to her. This story
showed me how the narrator got broken down pathologically from the beginning to the end of the
story. When she was put into the room to "cure" her, it felt as if the doctor wanted the narrator not to
enjoy life, and he thought that would be safe for here.

Literary Analysis "The Yellow Wallpaper"
In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" we are introduced to a woman who enjoys
writing. Gilman does not give the reader the name of the women who narrates the story through her
stream of consciousness. She shares that she has a nervous depression condition. John, the
narrator's husband feels it is "a slight hysterical tendency" (266). She has been treated for some
nervous habits that she feels are legitimately causing harm to her way of life. However she feels her
husband, a physician, and her doctor believe that she is embellishing her condition. The woman
shares with the reader early in the story that she is defensive of how others around her perceive her
emotional state. This causes a small abrasion of animosity that...show more content...
This hints at a perverse viewpoint the narrator has of the relationship. This can be likened to
Gilman's impression of how society, when she wrote this story, oppressed women's equality.
Perhaps Gilman implies that society's oppression of women's equality is perverse itself. Her
loving husband, John, never takes her illness seriously. The reader has a front row seat of the
narrator's insanity voluminously growing. He has shown great patience with the recovery of his
wife's condition. However, the narrator is clear to the reader that she cannot be her true self with
him. In the narrator's eyes she feels he is completely oblivious to how she feels and could never
understand her. If she did tell him that the yellow wallpaper vexed her as it does he would insist
that she leave. She could not have this. She has found purpose in this paper. Indeed she cannot be
understood by anyone except the woman in the yellow wallpaper. Her creeping about is symbolic
of her hiding, sometimes in broad daylight, from a world that looks at her as an outcast because
she doesn't want to be a typical domestic ornament. Perhaps the yellow wallpaper acted as a mirror
for our narrator. As she peered into the wall's secrets night after night her vanity gradually became
insanity. She knew she could not free herself in the world she lived in. Gilman has made clear that
the narrator has

The Yellow Wallpaper: A Short Story
I was alone in my room until recently a woman took over. I would wonder to myself if she was
going to keep me company or was the housekeeper. Night came around she was asleep for a few
minutes so I decided to get a closer at her. Her eyes immediately open, she gets out of bed and
heads over towards me, staring at me. I'm not sure why she does it, possibly the boredom of
being confined to her room every day (I think it's finally getting to her). From time to time, I see
her disagreeing with her husband (possibly physician) asking him not to leave her alone but was
unsuccessful each time. After he would leave, the woman would go to her "secret" journal and jot
down what was going on with her husband and the yellow wallpaper. She gets up and head

Summary Of The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilmore and published in
1899. The Yellow Wallpaper is a good story that showcases the way women were treated un 1899,
how mental disabilities were dealt with, and the relationship between man and woman, which
overall, is a decent example of women's lack of rights for the time period. The story is written in a
diary form, with no specific dates. The narrator never gives us her name, and the other characters
never mention it. The doctor, John, is the narrator's husband and does not think that the narrator is
as sick as she assumes. The first nurse, Mary, takes care of the baby but then nothing else is
mentioned of her. John's sister, and Jennie, another nurse, presumably the narrator's nurse, is also
slightly intrigued by the wallpaper. Other than a few side characters that are only mentioned in
conversations those are the only characters we hear about. The story us set in an old mansion
located a good distance from town. A "delicious garden" (Gilmore 1),...show more content...
The narrator is put, by her husband, into a room at the top of the old mansion that has faded
ripped yellow wallpaper, bars on the window, a gate by the door, teeth marks on the bed frame and
a groove running along the wall. Sitting in her room day in and days out gives the narrator plenty
of time to stare at the walls and then write about them. Soon she notices a pattern in the wallpaper
and not long after she becomes obsessed with trying to figure out the pattern. "And it is like a woman
stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern" (Gilmore 5.). Not only is it a woman, but
she is just as trapped as the narrator. "[...] it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the
woman behind it is as plain as can be" (Gilmore 6). The comparison is that the narrator has bars on
her windows just like the

The Yellow Wallpaper Research Paper
Ismael Ruiz
Professor Blair
English 1B
October 8, 2014
Reflection about "The Yellow Wallpaper" In The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman
narrates the case of a woman living in the 19th century who faced the imprisonment marriage and the
domestic role a woman at that time. Because of the physical and mental restraints she ends up
mentally ill. The yellow wallpaper was clearly symbolic and the woman that the narrator sees
trapped in it might be translated as her very own imprisonment. Another very crucial aspect was the
role of the man who was seen as superior and perhaps more intelligent; in this case the husband was
a physician. The narrators' husband, John, acted as he knew everything and she always ended up just
listening...show more content...
At first, she disliked it, but as she kept staring at it she began to see a woman trapped inside. In
some other occasions she sees the woman creeping outside. "It is the same woman, I know, for
she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight" (318). At this point the reader
begins to wonder if perhaps the narrator is telling the truth or it's just a product of the narrator's
imagination. The women that creeps out during the day might symbolize the narrators daily life,
when her husband is not at home she can escape and wonder around the house. However, when
the husband is at home and she tries to talk to him she might feel trapped just like the women in
the wallpaper. The yellow wallpaper was a clear symbol of her repression and perhaps she sees
reflected her own life in it. It can also be interpreted in different ways since it is clear that at this
point she has become an unreliable source. The idea of a woman trapped in wallpaper was a clear
sign that there was something wrong with the narrator and that perhaps she was using this to try to
express her

The Deconstruction Of The Yellow Wallpaper Essay
The deconstruction of "The Yellow Wallpaper" The topic of discussion for this essay is a story
written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman called "The Yellow wallpaper. Firstly, several pieces of
evidence within the text prove that the genre of the story is irony, in accordance with Frye 's
"theory of myths". This essay shows exactly how those instances exemplify the genre of irony.
Additionally, from a deconstructive point of view, there is a central binary of constraint and
freedom. The examples from the text show both evidence of constraints within the story as well
as freedom. Thus, proving this to be the central binary of this piece of literature. Finally, these
two aspects can be used to show the similarities between this text and the short story "How to
Become a Writer" by Lorie Moore. First of all the genre of this story is irony. According to Frye 's
"theory of myths" this genre contains certain characteristics like, the story displays a real world
seen through a tragic lens, the protagonist is defeated, and suffers. These characteristics, along with
others, can be seen throughout the text. The story consists of a female protagonist, and is seen as
inferior in kind to men and her environment. During this time period, women would be considered
inferior to men, which we can see within the narrator and John's marriage. Also, on page 77, the
narrator describes the room with the yellow wallpaper and it is in poor condition. It seems as
though she is describing that of an

The Yellow Wallpaper Essay
Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Fall of The House of Usher'
both serve a highly horrific purpose which is both good examples for the gothic. The strongest
example of gothic is 'The Fall of The House of Usher' as it established the extreme horror intense
and shows the gothic scene of the house. Poe's 'The Fall of The House of Usher' express gothic
completely immersed in madness and darkness while 'The Yellow Wallpaper' limits the decent
madness of woman but shows the depression and gloominess of the character. 'The Yellow
Wallpaper' is centred in the writer's narration, by setting the narrator to be not entirely reliable and
an oppressed woman. The character are showed to be feeling trapped and unhappy with...show more
content...
Besides creating a narrator that reveals the complex dynamics of female oppression, the writer
also employs symbolism to enhance her message and depression that is given the fact that the
narrator feels trapped and it is easy to assume that the woman she sees in the yellow wallpaper is a
symbol of herself, not climbing thought the pattern therefore the yellow wallpaper and the
character are two separate object. In 'The Fall of The House of Usher', the narrator states that 'I felt
that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over
and pervaded all,' showing the connection between the family and the house which suggested that
Usher and the house are one. While comparing to 'The Yellow Wallpaper', 'The Yellow Wallpaper'
seems lack of these connections to show the intense rather than expressing the woman feeling
oblivion of being trapped and faced oppression behind the

The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis
In the story "the yellow wallpaper" the narrator and her husband john go to a summer house so
that the narrator can heal her nervous depression. Her husband john is a doctor and feels it is
best that she is confined to bed rest and cannot work or write. The nursery room she is in has a
wallpaper that the narrator finds revolting and asks john to change it and he doesn't change rooms
or take the wallpaper down. This causes her condition to worsen and she has become obsessed
with this wallpaper. She writes in a secret journal expressing her anger and hatred of this
wallpaper. As more days pass and her condition only getting worse she starts to see images and
figures in the patterns of the wallpaper. She sees bulbous eyes and breaking necks as

The Yellow Wallpaper Comparison Essay
The two texts I am going to analyse are The Yellow Wallpaper and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I
am going to compare and contrast the theme of madness and mystery around the main characters.
Both texts were published in the era of 1890. During 29, 1890: the artist Vincent Van Gogh died
in France at the age of 37 after shooting himself two days earlier. This may have inspired The
Picture Of Dorian Gray as Basil is an artist who also dies as a result.
In The Yellow Wallpaper
, the narrator uses the psychological gothic genre to present the portrayal of
women, women faced in a marriage, within the time frame of the 1890s. Women were seen as the
"shadow" as men dominated society. This is presented throughout the book as many readers first
interpitation...show more content...
The narrator describes the opening chapter in a more positive way compared to the yellow
wallpaper which opens foreshadowing the upcoming event of the gothic genre. "The studio was
filled with the rich odor of roses", juxtaposes with the other text I've analysed which is set in a
darker environment than the "summer" setting of The Picture Of Dorian Gray. Dorian is well
known for his "good looks" as the narrator Basil compares him to a "brainless beauty thing, who
should be always here in winter when we have no flowers to look at". Which connotes to the fact
that there may slight references to Basil being a homosexual. The chemistry between Dorian and
Basil is shown strongly at the beginning as they always were in each other's presence. During the
error of the 1900s homosexuality wasn't accepted as you would be arrested and imprisoned for
the sin and in some scenarios were killed. linking this to The Picture Of Dorian Gray, I personally
think Oscar Wilde was aware of the punishments and therefore hinted the theme of homosexuality
but didn't go into detail due to him being punished for this. Along with this, Oscar himself could be
talking about himself in the text as he doesn't want to reveal his sexuality due to people not
accepting it, this is shown through the character of Basil in which Oscar Wilde says 'I knew that if
I spoke to Dorian I would become absolutely

The Yellow Wallpaper Thesis
The short narrative The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlottle Perkins identify's a focus, the focus
being an imagery that is created in order for the reader to see beyond what is written in the text.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a short narrative which reflects the importance of how a reader interprets
a story. The narrator is living in a new house while an old one is being renovated. She feels
unwelcomes in a room she hadn't had much of a say in while moving in. Although our author is
mentally unstable and is permitted by her husband from writing in her journal/diary (the one
activity she finds pleasure in) It is not a surprise that no wonder she becomes consumed and
plagued with the image or idea of the "yellow wallpaper" in her room. Our narrator then begins
panicking and tracing the pattern of the wallpaper over studying the images and soon enough
becomes brainwashed that there may in fact be a woman trapped within the paper. Yellow Wallpaper
involves many different journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has
rented an old mansion for the summer. Do to her mental illness our main character is forced to hide
her journal from...show more content...
A thesis can be different depending on the audience and ideals of a story. A strong thesis statement
has the ability to control the subject matter of the essay as well as imply something significantly
important to the reader. It is the one ideal statement that summarizes the main point(s) of the essay
and proves or concludes reasons as to why the essay is crucial and worth reading. Although the
narratives can be quite lengthy at sections, it is mattering much for the reader to understand the true
story behind words on paper. The short narrative Yellow Wallpaper identify's a focus, the focus
being an imagery that is created in order for the reader to see beyond what is written in the

The Yellow Wallpaper Argumentative Essay
Ghazale Zod
Mr. Huntington
English III – 4th
9 March 2017
The Yellow Wallpaper
Women should never be held back by their husbands because they are women. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman is an author from Connecticut who wrote the story "The Yellow Wallpaper." She was a
utopian feminist during a time period when her accomplishments were exceptional for women. In "
The Yellow Wallpaper
," the narrator (identified as Jane) suffers from depression following the birth
of her baby. Her husband diagnoses her with hysteria and prescribes "the rest cure." Trapped at
home, Jane grows bored. She's set away from everyone but her husband and nurse, and she's not
allowed to write, though this makes her feel better. Her condition quickly worsens. She starts to
Instead, ideas should be shared and debated, regardless of gender. Moreover, men should support
women as equals rather than depreciating them.
In Gilman's story "The Yellow Wallpaper," John acts as the mirror through which women are viewed
negatively in the society, a society in which women are not considered citizens. They are not
supposed to be anywhere near the political or public environment. Instead, they should remain in
their homes. This view has led to women creating women movements to fight for their place in the
society.
"In one of the articles, John is a perfect example of a commanding mate, a husband who holds
absolute power over his wife. He treats her as an minor, as seen here: "John laughs at me, of
course, but one expects that in marriage." John sees his wife's feelings as laughable, never taking
them seriously until it is too late. It is also clear from this statement that John laughs at his wife
because it is what is expected by the community. Later, when Jane is qualified to control her own
thoughts, his role as a strong, higher ranked husband and leader is switched, and he becomes much
like a woman himself: "Now why should that man have fainted?" Having seen his wife in a state of
dementia (symbolically, shattering the power he has over her), he faints, much like a woman would
be expected to. Due to acceptance of her insanity, Jane has changed the traditional roles of husband

Analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Through a woman's perspective of assumed insanity, Charlotte Perkins Gilman comments on the role
of the female in the late nineteenth century society in relation to her male counterpart in her short
story "The Yellow Wallpaper." Gilman uses her own experience with mental instability to show the
lack of power that women wielded in shaping the course of their psychological treatment. Further she
uses vivid and horrific imagery to draw on the imagination of the reader to conceive the terrors
within the mind of the psychologically wounded. The un–named woman is to spend a summer away
from home with her husband in what seems to be almost a dilapidated room of a "colonial mansion"
(Gilman 832). In order to cure her "temporary nervous...show more content...
For example the narrator wishes to reside in a downstairs room that "opened onto the piazza and
had roses all over the window, and such pretty old–fashioned chintz hangings" (Gilman 834). In
order to better mental health a physician with the correct training would think that surroundings
would play a large impact on mood and temperament. However, her husband is oblivious to this
assumption for he chooses a huge room that takes up almost the entire floor. This attitude is
important in showing the lack of communication between husband and wife. He fails to see her
psychological issues for what they are and his actions to mediate her supposed problem only make it
worse. The narrator even questions the treatment prescribed by her husband and brother in saying
"Personally, I disagree with their ideas. Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement
and change, would do me good" (Gilman 833). However even though she can question her treatment
she is powerless to change it. Gilman uses this to again show the inferiority of women to men of this
era. Gilman's use of narrative structure is important in depicting the fragmentation of the woman's
mind. Through the course of the story sentences become increasingly choppy and paragraphs
decrease in length. This concrete element of fiction illustrates the deterioration of that narrator's
psychological well–being and mental surmise to the yellow wallpaper. The very

Biographical Essay: The Yellow Wallpaper
The mother stopped scolding her toddler for chewing on the new walls when she noticed that the
toddler had discovered layers of secret text typed beneath the wallpaper. It read, "РћРЅРѕС С€С‚Р
ѕ
Р¶РёРІРµРµ РІРѕ РѕРІР°Р° РєСѓСњР° Рµ РѕРЅРѕС РєРѕС СњРµ СЃС‚РёРіРЅР°С‚ РґРѕ
РєСЂР°С РѕС‚." She grabbed her phone out of her pocket and opened Google Translate. As the
baby continued crying her her arm, she typed the words into the search engine. After a long time
of typing, she saw that the translation was, "He who lives in this house is the one who will reach
the end." The text was written in Macedonian. Maria had just moved into the house from her
apartment. She needed more room for the baby. Her brother left yesterday after helping her move
in. The house was in Italy, which was certainly not too far from Macedonia, yet it was still far. It
was almost a one day trip to Macedonia. She wondered why someone who speaks Macedonian
was in this house. The house was almost 100 years old, so it could have been anyone who wrote
the text. She held the child in her left arm, as she peeled the paint off the wall unveiling more words.
She grabbed the baseball bat out of the corner, and walked downstairs. She took her time making
sure not to be heard. As she got closer she heard whispering. It was singing of a song. However, it
was not a language familiar to her. The singing was coming from the nursery. When she turned
the corner, she saw an old raggedy man holding her baby. She pulled back the bat ready to swing.
She hit the man right in the temple, and he was out cold. She picked up her baby, and called the
police. They came and arrested the man. The next morning, the police found a secret hatch in the
floor, there was enough supplies for a person to live there for over five years. They suspected the
man was living there, it was assumed that he was the person who wrote on the walls; however, he
never spoke a word, so nobody knew what language he

The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis Essay
Like Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
is a backbone of the feminism study. The story was first published in 1892 and it is in the form of
a secret journal entries recorded by a woman who is supposed to be recovering from what her
husband, a physician refers to as a 'nervous condition'. This persistent psychological horror of the
woman in the story chronicles the narrator's descent into madness or paranormal but an analysis of
the story reveals the plight of women during the late eighteenth century through dialogue and
symbolism.
The "Yellow Wallpaper" can be analyzed by examining the aspect of dialogue which stretches across
most of the scenes in the story. In relation to women...show more content...
Gilman portrays two different sides of women during her time period with the first side showing
women's conformity to men's ideas and commands, and the other side being rebellion to men's
commands. The conformist female basically alludes to the belief that women are subservient to
men and this is made clear when the narrator says, "I meant to be such a help to John, such a real
rest and comfort, and here I am a comparative burden already!" (Gilman, 13). Here, the narrator
feels like she is a burden to her husband and keeps on complaining about it. She believes she is the
reason for her husband's unrest but she would like to change to situation including adapting to the
room her husband has made her live in.
The narrator finally overcomes her conformity ways towards the end of the story. She says, "I've
got out at last, said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't
put me back" (Gilman). This part demonstrates the narrator's freedom at last and she is able to
redeem herself from the things that have been holding her hostage for quite some time.
Symbolism is entwined in the wallpaper in the narrator's room. The "Yellow Wallpaper" is
symbolism. The nursery walls are covered in putrid yellow paper that has a confused and eerie
pattern that horrifies the narrator. The narrator is able to study the incomprehensible patterns in the
wall paper in attempts to understand it. Yet, instead of coming up

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story in which the narrator is
sequestered to undergo relaxation therapy. This short story, written in 1892, was considered to be
controversial for its time and was based on Gilman's own experiences. It is full of symbolism and
vivid imagery that highlighted the oppression of women during the 19th century and is considered
to be a key feminist text. The narrator's character draws attention to the reality that many women
faced during that time. The narrator's husband does not believe that she is sick and refuses to
validate her feelings and experiences. Is the narrator's insanity her way of escaping her husband and
achieving her own sanity. This story begins with the narrator writing...show more content...
It can make you zero on something, in the narrator's case it is the Yellow Wallpaper
. It can be
all–consuming and from personal experience, I can say that it is not advisable to isolate a person
with depression. Despite the narrator's protests, her husband sequestered her in the nursery. This
was a place with bars on the window and a chain fastening the bed to the wall. It was not a place
of rest and relaxation as the narrator's husband had hold her it would be. It is implied that the
narrator was experiencing postpartum depression and instead of being with her newborn child her
husband sealed her away in a summer cottage. She was not allowed to write, to read, or to do
anything remotely stimulating. She was to stay in her room and relax. When a person has
depression it is not advisable to take away any outside stimulation. People with depression tend to
internalize what they feel and go into themselves that they become even more depressed than they
were before. The narrators husband plays a big role in the worsening of her depression.
Her husband, a physician, assures her that her "temporary nervous depression" (71) will be cured if
she stays at the colonial mansion to rest. He discourages her from writing, leaving the house, or
anything that would stimulate her too much. Her husband rooms her in the nursery, despite the
narrator insisting on being in a different bedroom. The nursery has bars on the window, a bed bolted
to the floor, and hideous, yellow

Women in the nineteenth century were delimited and repressed by men. "The Yellow Wallpaper," by
Charlotte Gilman shows the oppression through the protagonist, whom you never learn the name,
and the affect it has. The author uses a set of complex symbols such as the house, the window, the
husband, and the wallpaper, which are compiled through personal experience.
Born in Hartford Connecticut Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an eminent lecturer for social reform,
novelist, and American feminist. Her personal paroxysm with postpartum depression helped to
create "The Yellow Wallpaper
". In 1920 the women's reform movements gained strength creating a
dangerous adverse reaction. As a result, psychologists gathered theories that supposedly proved
women's developmental immaturity, emotional instability, and low cognitive skills (The Yellow
Wallpaper Essay). Physicians also came up with a theory that the womb created hysteria and
madness, even though they knew little about the female body's inner workings (The Yellow
Wallpaper Essay).
The protagonist expresses severe discomfort with the house she lives in, a house she can't leave. It
does not take the traditional symbol as being a safe place but rather a prison...show more content...
Much of John's condescending behavior is not due to his wife's illness; he just simply dismisses
her opinions with disdain. He does not believe she should write, and says it's the cause of her
illness. He belittles her creative impulses. John, the man, the physician, is in control and therefore it
is surmised that his treatment, the rest cure, is correct (The Yellow Wallpaper Essay). Despite her
growing lethargy and her distaste for the room and isolation she can't speak out against his treatment.
Their unequal power in society makes her lack the courage and self–esteem needed to confront him
even though she is aware that the rest cure is harming

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist text, telling a story about a
woman's struggles pertaining to male–centric thinking and societal 'norms'. The main character, who
remains nameless in the text is treated poorly by her oppressive husband who drives her mad in an
attempt to help her. She is a prisoner in her own home and has no say for herself. By late 21st
century standards the behavior of John, the husband, seems eerily oppressive and unacceptable,
which was considered quite normal in the 19th century household. It is the yellow wallpaper,
however, that is the focal–point of the story. The wallpaper holds within it many descriptive
metaphors for the insidious discrimination and oppression of women during that time period. The
main character is constantly alone and forbidden to leave her room by her husband. He regulates
who she is able to see and what she is allowed to do. When she asks him to see her family he firmly
tells her that she is not allowed to. Not only does he forbid her to see her family, he also forbids
That factor alone shows how she is unimportant and is not her own person. She is defined by her
husband, and is seen as a victim to John. He "instructs her to get back into bed, threatens to send
her to Dr. Weir Mitchell if she doesn't "pick up faster", dismisses her concerns about her
treatment, and denies her request to return home early" (Knight). She is suffering with her illness
and John does not believe she is sick. "(She cries) at nothing, and cries most of the time... (she
doesn't) when John is here, or anybody else, but when (she is) alone)" (Gilman). Her illness is
severe but she is trying to hide it from her husband so she doesn't get made fun of. Constantly being
laughed at, John elicits her a sense of rage (Knight). She is a "submissive wife" and has come to
except the condescension, insults, and appropriation of power that John exhibits

Reflection Of The Yellow Wallpaper
Since the conception of The Yellow Wallpaper individuals and social groups have gone to great
lengths to give this piece of literature meaning to affirm their own ideology or world view. Each
with their own reasons literature critics have dissected every word of this story. Reading between
the lines to such an insurmountable extent that the core material has been made into a distorted
theoretical version of itself. The endless supply of interpretation and application has not ceased to
ground this work of fiction in reality. It has no value as a work fiction or a hypothetical situation
and may as well be a historical account.
Numerous professionals state that the narrator is a direct reflection of the author Charlotte Perkins
Gilman and her view of the medical system of the late 1800s. This is likely the case. The author
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. Gilman's father left her
mother shortly after Charlotte was born. Gilman was related to Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author
of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Charlotte attended Rhode Island School of Design for a time before moving
on to work as a commercial artist and a teacher. She married, had a daughter, and after giving birth,
she fell into a deep depression after her daughter was born a depression that many have assumed to
be postpartum depression, but was formally diagnosed as neurasthenia. After suffering for some
time, Gilman sought out Doctor S. Weir Mitchell for medical treatment. S. Weir

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In which a young
woman begins to lose her mind in a room filled with ugly yellow wallpaper. A young woman with
slight medical issues is confined to a room by her neglectful husband with little interaction from the
outside world, and slowly begins to go insane from being trapped in a room for weeks at a time.
The tone begins to shift as she begins to believe unsettling things about the room. A key point for the
plot is the yellow wallpaper that she so greatly hates, and how she slowly becomes infatuated with
it, becoming paranoid of the wallpaper and that there is a woman in it trying to get out, and how she
finally becomes consumed by it. From the start the narrator...show more content...
She believes that there are things in the paper, things that she alone knows, and no one else ever
will. The formless figure is growing clearer, and is like "a woman stooping down and creeping"
within the wallpaper. She becomes more unsettled by the wallpaper, and wishes to be taken away
from there. She would see the woman in the paper at night, and she would shake as if she was
trying to escape from the wallpaper, and her husband believes everything is fine and it is all in her
head. Even she at this point believes that something is wrong, that her body is getting better, "better
in the body perhaps–," implying that their might be something wrong with her head. Eventually she
becomes obsessed with the woman in the wallpaper, believing that no one could understand what she
was seeing, so she wanted little to do with anyone around her. Trying to connect with the woman at
night, and believes there to be many women within the wallpaper, but during the daytime the woman
gets out. She eventually claims that she has seen her, creeping outside in the daytime, outside her
window in carriages and berry

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