The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Rohit Lama
Professor Debra Sikes
English 1302-21086
March 29, 2018
The Yellow Wallpaper “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. She was one of the most prominent American feminist, sociologist, novelist and writer of short stories. The story begins with the plot where a couple had rented an ancestral mansion at a very reasonable price. The ‘mansion’ is pretty much empty and set away from the road, referring to an empty set. They rented the mansion so that her husband could cure his wife’s illness. As the story goes on, the lady pushes herself towards lunatic imaginations and leaves her completely insane. The story is narrated through narrator’s point of view using a personal journal and because of her going …show more content…
The narrator was depressed and was isolated so that she cannot be around with her friends and her family. The narrator’s husband is a physician who does not believe that she is sick and also thinks it is a minor depression. Many doctors and physicians were males at that time and they call this type of illness “Hysteria”. Growing up in a male dominant society the author has no choice but to keep quiet and follow him. She feels helpless from the start as her brother also supports the husband thinking it is a minor issue. She feels she is being dominated by the males in the society. The narrator says, “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression- - slight hysterical tendency- - what is one to do?” (Gilman). This is her trying to show she cannot go against the male and deny their argument. Males are portrayed as strong individuals with the power to do anything. An article in which the author discusses about the questions about the Yellow wallpaper states “This dominance is a primary cause of madness in women. The feminine becomes a fictitious construct, whereby women are forced to deny their own reality” (Silcox). In this statement they talk about how women are imprisoned, and they cannot decide for themselves. This makes any woman with slight depression go from sane to
Professor Debra Sikes
English 1302-21086
March 29, 2018
The Yellow Wallpaper “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. She was one of the most prominent American feminist, sociologist, novelist and writer of short stories. The story begins with the plot where a couple had rented an ancestral mansion at a very reasonable price. The ‘mansion’ is pretty much empty and set away from the road, referring to an empty set. They rented the mansion so that her husband could cure his wife’s illness. As the story goes on, the lady pushes herself towards lunatic imaginations and leaves her completely insane. The story is narrated through narrator’s point of view using a personal journal and because of her going …show more content…
The narrator was depressed and was isolated so that she cannot be around with her friends and her family. The narrator’s husband is a physician who does not believe that she is sick and also thinks it is a minor depression. Many doctors and physicians were males at that time and they call this type of illness “Hysteria”. Growing up in a male dominant society the author has no choice but to keep quiet and follow him. She feels helpless from the start as her brother also supports the husband thinking it is a minor issue. She feels she is being dominated by the males in the society. The narrator says, “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression- - slight hysterical tendency- - what is one to do?” (Gilman). This is her trying to show she cannot go against the male and deny their argument. Males are portrayed as strong individuals with the power to do anything. An article in which the author discusses about the questions about the Yellow wallpaper states “This dominance is a primary cause of madness in women. The feminine becomes a fictitious construct, whereby women are forced to deny their own reality” (Silcox). In this statement they talk about how women are imprisoned, and they cannot decide for themselves. This makes any woman with slight depression go from sane to