The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an autobiographical story describing the turmoil she suffered after the birth of her first child. The story is filled with symbolism that describes different stages Charlotte went through while she struggled to overcome her postpartum depression. Charlotte’s husband John was a stereotypical man for this era. He believed that women were to be wives and mothers and nothing more. John diagnosed Charlotte with a “temporary nervous depression” and felt it would be in her best interest to take her to the country and isolate her from the excitement and change of her everyday life. The country mansion symbolized to Charlotte that it was not her own and it would never provide the security she craved and needed. In fact when Charlotte first saw the house she claimed “I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it.” To Charlotte’s mind, the country mansion could never become
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Perkins Gilman, , country mansion, yellow wallpaper,
Approximate Word count = 633
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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