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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman can by read in many different ways. ... She lives by these guidelines for three months, and during that time, the womans mental condition deteriorates and she sees images in the wallpaper of her room. ... In the end, she locks herself in her room and tears off the wallpaper. ...
In the nineteenth century, women were repressed and controlled by their husbands and other male influences to be mother’s and a wives, but Charlotte Perkins Gilman did not agree with the image of motherhood that society proposed to its female members. “‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ reveals women’s frustration in a culture that seemingly glorifies motherhood while it actually regulates women to nursery-prisons” (Gilman 65). Gilman’s narrator sets up a story that conveys the repercussions a woman faces under the care of men. ... The woman in the story shows signs of mental illness, especially when she is talking about the wallpaper. Because of her lack of interaction with people, she begins to find solace in the wallpaper, the only stimulating object left to her. The womans attitude toward the room with the yellow wallpaper begins to revert to utter disgust because the wallpaper is ugly, and hatred because she is confined to a room away from people. The ugliness of the wallpaper begins to consume her mind as the room becomes more of a prison than a place of healing.
The womans mental condition clearly worsens where she begins to see images in the wallpaper.
Approximate Word count = 1207
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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