Insanity In The Yellow Wallpaper

In The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote a story of a woman in the 1900’s, she gradually loses her sanity due to a “nervous condition.” The woman in the story exemplifies the women in Gilman’s era; she verifies this by writing her story in a mode of horror. The usage of imagery, and plot development exposes the irrational and unjust treatment women are getting by men in her time, which exposes the reality that no one wants see. Gilman’s usage of imagery brings the insanity and the illusions of the woman in the story to life. The house, grounds, room, and yellow wallpaper are revealed through the woman’s eyes, which is what gives the reader an inside look at the narrator’s surroundings and feelings. At the beginning, the narrator’s first impression of the house and grounds is positive, yet she mentions the “ gates that lock” that shows how she's trapped within her own house.
The main character is ill with depression and John conceals her in a room alone; the only thing that keeps her company is the yellow wallpaper, which over time she becomes obsessed with. Gilman’s way of writing the story is used to show the several stages of insanity the main character is going through. By adding horror, the hallucinations of the character come to life to emphasize the importance of self-expression women are lacking in marriages in the 1900’s. At first, the main character’s depression makes her hate the yellow dull wallpaper in front of her, but with time she examines the paper up close. The untangled pattern soon gets into her head since it’s all she sees every day. Shortly, the paper is all she speaks about, and even finds human like qualities in it. She finds a woman, a trapped woman just like herself. Lastly, she tears the wallpaper open and lets her true self out; free from the oppression of her husband and