The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses symbolism and imagery to convey a sad story of the repression that women faced during the late 1800's. As well as being representative of the turmoils that women face today, Gilman writes "The Yellow Wallpaper" from her own personal experiences of having to face the overwhelming fact that this is a male- dominated society, and sometimes women suffer because of it. The narrator, being female, is suffering from a "temporary depression." She states right from the beginning that her husband (John) "is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-- perhaps that is the one reason I do not get well faster." She obviously loves her husband and trusts him but has some underlying feeling that maybe his prescription of total bed rest is not working for her. The narrator, feeling alone and trapped, sets up an image to the reader, that shows the reperc!ussions a woman faces in the care of a man. One of the most significant symbols used in the story is the "Yellow Wallpaper." The wallpaper symbolizes the narrator's need to escape her confinement. The story mentions that she has an older brother who is also
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Approximate Word count = 1148
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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