The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins-Gilman

Evolution of women through the centuries
In the story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman (1892) portrays women’s role in society in the late 18th century. The story thoroughly depicts the life of a married woman who is depressed and battling to be free. Freedom of the woman in the story is so intense, and it reminds me that some women are still struggling for certain freedom. In these times, as illustrated in Perkins-Gilman’s story, a woman who wants to be different from what is perceived as “the norms” of the status quo is now considered insane! In the 21st century, as feminism makes way to change the mentality of many, we recognize now that there is a dramatic shift in the perception of the role of women in the society, especially in terms of marriage, women’s perception and women’s value compared in the late 1800’s of women’s oppression. Marriage in “The Yellow wallpaper” it is depicted a life where the husband takes care of the wife and children entirely and the opinion of him is very important. In the beginning of the story, Perkins-Gilman (1892) describes that the husband laughing at her, “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in
I believe as a result, she could not exercise her right for an opinion and decision-making as a wife, which led to her value as a woman is deprived. Value as a woman is primarily a huge factor in feminism. Being productive, keeps a healthy state of mind. Unfortunately, the narrator was slowly becoming demented starting at depression, which slowly crept into insanity. Assumingly, the depression she displays is described mentally as Post-partum depression. I believe this was an injustice that the husband had her locked up in that room treated severely. In the last 1800’s we recognize that the treatment was not