The Role Of The Narrator In The Yellow Wallpaper
In my opinion, the woman behind the wallpaper is imagined by the narrator and mirrors the narrator's own thoughts about being confined in a room with barred windows. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” suggests that the woman behind the wallpaper parallels the narrator’s struggle with her expected role in a male dominated society, which is expressed in this passage. The narrator uses the wallpaper to represent the society she lives in. Not only does the wallpaper affect the narrator, but also it has an effect on everyone that comes in contact with it. The behavior of the woman behind the wallpaper also mirrors the narrator's behavior. There for she too is also behind bars. Another parallel between the actions of the narrator
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I see her in those dark grape arbors, creeping around the garden. I see her on that long road under the trees, creeping along, and when a carriage comes she hides under the blackberry vines.
I don't blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight: (Gilman 648)! The narrator is expressing her own humiliation in having to sneak around. "I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I can't do it at night, for I know John would suspect something at once"(Gilman
648). Similarly, while her husband is away, the narrator sometimes will
"walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, . . . "(Gilman 644). As the narrator realizes the meaning of the wallpaper, her life begins to change. "Life is much more exciting now than it used to be. You see, I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch. I really do eat better, and am more quiet than I was"
(Gilman 647). It is apparent that she is still feeling imprisoned by
I see her in those dark grape arbors, creeping around the garden. I see her on that long road under the trees, creeping along, and when a carriage comes she hides under the blackberry vines.
I don't blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight: (Gilman 648)! The narrator is expressing her own humiliation in having to sneak around. "I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I can't do it at night, for I know John would suspect something at once"(Gilman
648). Similarly, while her husband is away, the narrator sometimes will
"walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, . . . "(Gilman 644). As the narrator realizes the meaning of the wallpaper, her life begins to change. "Life is much more exciting now than it used to be. You see, I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch. I really do eat better, and am more quiet than I was"
(Gilman 647). It is apparent that she is still feeling imprisoned by