The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper describes a traditional 19th century marriage where the woman in the relationship often just did what her husband told her to do. They were, in a sense, trapped, ignored, and hid their marriage from society. In other words, the husband was ruled the relationship and the wife was very much so a follower. Personally, I think that has a big effect on the story. Gilman makes a strong statement about how men in this day in age treated women, more so, like children and less like individuals. She made this clear when she 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). I became more and more aware of how the fact that if “Jane” ever said anything, she would be shrugged away. She clearly disagrees with the treatment but she has no power to change the situation. He strongly believes that his wife is being
In other words, the woman begins to see herself in the wallpaper. She begins to see her own ego outside of her and outside the pattern. When she attempts to rip the wallpaper off of the walls, she hears shrieking and screaming causing her to “Suess explains that by escaping the wall-paper, she has created her own Symbolic Order that grants her a new identity—which allows her to “creep” during the day. Jane (and her Order) is then able to triumphantly creep over John and the Order he represents.” The woman (Jane) is not anymore free than she was at the beginning of the story. After analyzing and trying to figure out what drove her mad, it was from being oppressed and socially constrained by her