The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper was a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Charlotte had a difficult childhood. She later got married to a man named Charles Stetson in 1884. Throughout the marriage, she suffered from depression. In the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper- the narrator, explains how she goes about her life with her husband and suffers through depression. It is believed that’s where she got the motivation to write this short story from her experiences with this disease. She underwent various treatments for her depression in real life, just like the narrator did in the short story. Also, since Charlotte was a writer in real life, in the story the narrator also keeps a journal of her day to day things she does and what she experiences, just like a writer does.
“I’m sure I used to never be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.” I happen to agree with this statement because I have had my fair shares of being depressed, and everything people say and do to me even if they’re trying not to hurt my feelings, do anyway. The narrator of the story seems to have a weird obsession with things. I think she has a weird obsession with these types of things because it seems to distract her from her depression. “I always fancy I see people walking in these numerous paths and arbors.” Her husband, John, tells her not to fancy in the least and that she has an imaginative power of seeing things and a habit of story making. That’s when she begins to stare all the wall. It seems to me that she’s not only depressed, but she seems to always see things that aren’t