A repressive patriarchal society is successfully displayed in Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper."[170] In this short story, Gilman implies the sexual politics that hinder between man and wife in a specific sociocultural setting, namely that of the late 1800's. Indeed, the psychoanalytical perspectives speak sharply of the pitfalls of denying one's own self in this story full of symbolism, truth, and in many way's, a nightmare.

When the main character Anne agrees to be taken to a summerhouse at an isolated country estate, by her doctor husband John, for the specific purpose of "curing" Anne of her recent nervous condition, little do they both realize the consequences of John's good intentions. His choice of treatment is to prescribe a "rest cure", which in fact is the product of the famous Doctor Weir Mitchell, a well-known Philadelphia neurologist specializing in women's conditions. How could Anne possibly disagree with her wise doctor husband? Even Anne's brother, a doctor himself, agrees whole heartedly with John that this treatment is the answer to Anne's melancholy. John efficiently recommends (insists) that Anne retreat to a room in a summerhouse that is fittin

Anne hates the room, at first sight. She has managed to sneak in some writing paper that she hides away when John comes. "He hates to have me write a word." [171] Here, her frustration is beginning to ooze out just for a moment. To be tied up mentally to not even be allowed the freedoms that simply anyone has, to record one's thoughts freely. She states " I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me." [173] Indeed her intuition is correct, but like John, she dismisses this truth. She is unsatisfied with her surroundings, and even then she sees it as a fault of her own, saying "I mean to be such a help to John, such a real rest and comfort, and here I am a comparative burden already!" [172] She admits that to not perform even the least of her duties makes her even more nervous, mentioning the relief that she feels that the baby (being cared for downstairs) is being well cared for (It is apparent at this point, at least to myself, that what she is experiencing is post-partum depression). She wishes for some stimulating company and puts from her mind that John tells her "he would as soon put fireworks in my pillowcase as to let me have those stimulating people about now." [173] Already John is isolating Anne, which is a dangerous practice for anyone.

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