wanted to show the negative effects the rest cure had. Silas Weir Mitchell was a physician who developed the rest cure in the late 1800s. It was a treatment for hysteria and other nervous illnesses. The rest cure involved isolation from friends and family and enforced bed rest and a fatty diet. After the birth of her child‚ Gilman experienced severe depression and sought treatment for nervous exhaustion by Silas Weir Mitchell. Her husband‚ who was also
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the typical "rest cure" prescribed during that era for neurasthenia and the narrator’s reaction to this course of treatment. It appears Gilman’s writing was focused on past experience and the anguish that arose from treatment with Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell in 1887‚ just two years after the birth of her daughter Katherine. But from the reader’s perspective‚ one and come to can assumption that expressing her negative feelings about the popular rest cure is only half of the message that Gilman wanted
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Reaction Paper—The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow wallpaper is written in the form of a first person narrative in which the narrator‚ a woman who is suffering from a “temporary nervous depression–a slight hysterical tendency”(Gilman‚ 1892/2014‚ p. 746)‚ is restricted to write and confined to a bedroom by her physician husband John‚ so she can recover from her illness. She however disagrees with her husband’s views and believes that writing would make her feel better. The story is presented as a collection
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Although‚ people claimed the “rest cure” developed by S. Weir Mitchell was effective‚ in many cases it triggered a bad response in the mental health of the patients and it damaged the individual (Poirier 15). Patients were asked to keep their opinions‚ emotions‚ unconformities and interrogations for themselves‚ and to ignore them. In this way‚ the physician would gain total control over the sick person. This person‚ was asked to rest for several weeks and in different levels‚ depending on how serious
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she sounds level headed and sensible‚ however‚ as the story progresses; she began to succumb further into the idea that she just needs more rest and seclusion. According to Wikipedia‚ the cure as well as its name were created by doctor Silas Weir Mitchell‚ and it was almost always prescribed to women‚ many of whom were suffering from depression; especially postpartum depression which can relate to the women in the story because she has a baby but she feels as though she cannot take care of him or
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believe that she needs to be unstimulated in order to overcome post-partum depression‚ as was practiced by such prominent theorist as Sels Weir Mitchell‚ who was in fact Gilbert’s own physician at the time the story was written. ( as a side note: It is of interest to note that after reading Gilbert’s account of her own feelings in this short story‚ Wier Mitchell discontinued the use of "rest therapy".) We discover in later time frames that John is in denial of his wife’s deteriorating medical condition
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of elements help show the reader what the author is trying to say in their story. Character is a big element in “The Yellow Wallpaper”. There are many different characters in “The Yellow Wallpaper” including: John‚ her brother‚ John’s sister‚ Weir Mitchell‚ the woman in the wall and Jane. Most of these characters are not mentioned‚ but once in the whole story and they still make an impact on the meaning. The narrator’s brother is a physician just like her husband‚ John‚ she listens to what her husband
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a severe depression after the birth of her only child (Kennedy et. al. 424). Unfortunately‚ she was treated by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell‚ who forbade her to write and prescribed only bed rest and quiet for recovery (Kennedy et al. 424). Her condition only worsened and ultimately resulted in divorce (Kennedy and Gioia 424). Gilman ’s literary indictment of Dr. Mitchell ’s ineffective treatment came to life in the story "The Yellow Wallpaper." On the surface‚ this gothic tale seems only to relate
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