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    Yellow Wallpaper Gilman As a realist writer would you not think of them mad? Mad in the sense that the world is more than just black or white. Mad beyond political reformation and through harsh experience‚ trapped within the very cell of oppression. The Yellow Wallpaper has exploited a psychological realism by the narrator simply acting on her surroundings rather than reacting to them. Gilman as printed in Wikipedia‚ there lays the reason of her complex state‚ in between the lines is the very

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    Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story documenting the mental illness of the unnamed narrator. Throughout the story‚ the reader watches as the narrator goes from nervous to paranoid to complete psychosis all while blaming the wallpaper in her bedroom. She tries many times to seek the help of John‚ but he dismisses her questions of illness with simple remedies such as isolation‚ rest‚ and tonics. Eventually‚ the narrator succumbs to her illness and tears apart the wallpaper‚ leaving John

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    the ability to tackle them alone. It becomes an internal and external battle for the scorned woman to please herself‚ husband (or father) and the society at the same time. In the short stories‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman‚ readers become aquatinted with two women from different walks of life that become victims of their circumstances and develop undiagnosed mental illnesses due to male dominance‚ leading to their unfortunate downfall

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    Interpretation and depiction are the apparatus that fuels the growth and countless viewpoints of any story. Short stories are extremely susceptible to this‚ and Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is no exception to this claim. After searching multiple outlets in regards to critical inquiries it became clearly apparent that the short story had an immense following of critics from all arrays of thought and portrayal. Although‚ after reading the story it is difficult to recognize‚ however it

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    Reem Boushahri Dr. Alpana Sharma ENG 3060 -02 16 February 2017 The Yellow Wallpaper: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” is uniquely crafted on the narrator’s point of view that is based on the first person. The author has chosen this style to illustrate the various aspects in the book. Her explanations give the story a truly intrinsic mood and tone. From the onset‚ the reader is systematically led into a woman’s descent into madness. It further gives this

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    “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ whose purpose of writing this story was to “to prevent medical practitioners from prescribing "the rest cure for hysterical patients.”(Feldstein) The story is about a young mother who experiences with postpartum depression. While the narrator is clearly suffering from a kind of psychological distress at the beginning of the story‚ her mental state is worsened by her husband’s medical opinion that she confines herself to the

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    In “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s protagonist deals with postpartum depression‚ amongst other factors‚ that puts a strain on her psyche. The house in which they are situated at‚ and where this whole story takes place‚ contains a yellow wallpaper that is the bedroom of both characters. However‚ for the narrator‚ this wallpaper irritates her and continues to diminish the minute sanity she has reserved. On top of that‚ her husband John has a questionable and rather ineffective way

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    Over time‚ the woman becomes mentally unstable and believes there is another woman living in the wallpaper. The short story is based off of Charlotte’s personal experience with postpartum depression‚ which gives the story a deeper meaning. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is written in first person point of view and is the narrator’s private journal. Knowing that the woman is writing down her true feelings creates an emotional tone in

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    Liselle Sant response to the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Gilman‚ sheds light upon the symbolism and underlying theme displayed in Gilman’s story. In fact‚ both essays share common ideas regarding the theme of the story. The common idea that both essay writers have is that the architecture of the house represents some sort of oppression or way of thinking that women are held up to. In Kevanyu’s essay‚ he describes the wallpaper as being “a mould into which all women are

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    woman’s place was within the private province of the home‚ where the woman would carry out her prescribed role(s) as a wife and mother. Men‚ on the other hand‚ would predominantly rule the public realm through work‚ politics‚ and economics. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman‚ the narrator and John‚ her husband‚ rent a colonial mansion for the summer. The narrator feels uncomfortable in the mansion‚ but obeys her husband’s decision to stay. The narrator also submits to John when he chooses a large

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