The Yellow Wallpaper 3

A detailed Summary of The Yellow Wallpaper 3

In "The Yellow Wallpaper"(1892) Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses setting to reflect

the mental changes in the protagonist, a woman suffering from a nervous condition.

The protagonist's husband, John, a physician prescribes a "rest cure" for her treatment.

John takes her away for the summer and places her in "[a] colonial mansion"(542). As

the story unfolds, the protagonist descends from neurasthenia into insanity during the

course of her enforced rest (imprisonment) in a house: a room, window with bars, and

The protagonist has some uneasy feelings about the house when she says,

"there is something queer about it"(542). She feels that it resembles an institution: "It is

quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village"(543).

She talks about the lock gates which enhances her thought that others before her have

been put away for the same treatment.

She appears to be optimistic, but that dissipates quickly when she discovers the

room that John has chosen for them: "I don't like our room a bit"(543). She feels the

isolation from the first step in the room. She wanted to change rooms: "But

insanity. She starts to become agitated with the yellow wallpaper as she continues

Approximate Word count = 824
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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