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The Yellow Wallpaper
Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is about a woman who is suffering from, what was diagnosed during that time as, a temporary “nervous depression”. Her husband, a doctor, has taken her to a summer vacation home for rest therapy; however, the womans condition worsens and she sees images of faces in the wallpaper of her of bedroom. ...
She believes the images are of women creeping behind the paper and she cannot help her fixation with this wallpaper. ... In the end, she locks herself in her room and tears off the wallpaper. ...
The most apparent representation, in this story, is the pattern on the wallpaper
and the images of women creeping behind the wallpaper. ... There is visibility of action in the wallpaper in the nighttime, so quietness during daylight could represent the fear of feminism being discovered. ...
In the conclusion of the story when she tears off the wallpaper and says, "Ive
got out at last, said I, in spite of you and Jane? ... Perhaps her husband and Jane were a symbol of society and when the wallpaper is down and the images are out, feminism is also out, too. ...
Charlotte Gilman wrote poetry, and short stories, among them "The Yellow Wallpaper," which later became a feminist classic.
Approximate Word count = 1004
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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