Gilman's Gothic Allegory

Johnson's work, the “Gilman's Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,” argues that the main theme of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the oppression that women faced in the patriarchal society of her time. One of the ways women were able to deal with this kind of treatment was through writing. Johnson's text discusses the submissive role women had during the time. Johnson gives an anecdote based on Dickinson's mom that shows the anger and insubordination of a woman that was oppressed by her significant other. Johnson distinguishes the differences between Mrs. Dickinson's experience and the narrator’s experience in “The Yellow