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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses setting and symbolism in the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” to portray the toxic social standards placed on women in the late nineteenth century and the growing awareness of women’s rights through the story of a woman suffering from postpartum depression who eventually loses her sanity. Gilman utilizes symbolism‚ such as the wallpaper and the narrator’s husband being a physician‚ which shed light on the social restrictions women had. At the beginning of the story

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    exact opposite of what was told to her and recovered. Shortly after she wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper and sent it to him. After reading this article it is hard to support any other reason for the story being written than to depict the negligence of the medical profession. WORKS CITED ENTRY ON THE SOURCE YOU USED IN THE PARAGRAPH: Lavender‚ Catherine. " Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ "Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper" (1913)." Library.Csi.Cuny. 05 Apr. 2010. Web. 08 June 1999. <

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    writing the yellow wallpaper is to convey the relationship between a husband/wife in the 19th century. General Exposition – Throughout the story we shift back and forth through the narrator’s consciousness and real life situations. Narrow the Focus – My main focus is the wallpaper in “The yellow wallpaper” which basically represent the narrator’s growing repression. I also tend to focus on the Imagery‚ and characteristics of the story. Thesis Statement – The narrator in “The yellow wallpaper” portrays

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    “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story of a woman who finds she is slowly slipping into insanity. The woman knows she is unwell‚ but her husband John who is a doctor‚ describes her illness as a temporary depressive nervousness. Because John is a doctor‚ he believes that he knows best‚ and has confined her to a room within a home they rented. In order to help his wife‚ John has set limits to what his wife will and will not participate in. John orders her to rest and to relieve

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman in her short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” highlights how an illness can worsen without proper care and attention. The speaker is introduced as a married woman spending the summer in an abandoned mansion because John‚ her husband‚ felt like the mansion would help her recover from her illness: a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency.” Specifically‚ John suggests that his wife stay in the nursery because its “air and sunshine galore” would help her recover;

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    English 1A03 Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) - American writer - writer of fiction and non-fiction - feminist - wrote novel called "Herland" (feminist - this short story is about women’s mental conditions - story read as critical response about how a male dominated world treated these illnesses -she suffered post partum depression after birth of her first child Feminist * criticism and literature We might read Gilman’s fiction as an extension of her progressive

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    Inci Sariz-Bilge International Short Story The Long-Lived Patriarchy Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the author of the late nineteenth century short story “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” tells of a young woman who is kept confined in a torn-up room by her husband‚ John. She is slowly driven insane through her lack of self-expression and social interaction. Women are not seen the same as men in marriage is a theme that is prevalent throughout the narrative. The narrator‚ according to her husband‚ has “temporary

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    Charlotte Perkin Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” was published in 1892 after Gilman suffered from “a severe and continuous nervous breakdown tending to melancholia” (Gilman‚ “Why I wrote”) and was placed under the care of Silas Weir Mitchell. Mitchell’s cure for women with Gilman’s affliction were told to “live as domestic life as far as possible‚ have but two hours’ intellectual life a day and to never touch a pen‚ brush‚ or pencil again” (Gilman‚ “Why I wrote”). While following Mitchell’s advice

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    distinguished writer of many short stories. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is to an extent an autobiography of her life documenting her postpartum psychosis. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was also known for being a feminist and socialist who fought for social reform. Her beliefs come across very strong in her writings. She uses characters‚ point of view‚ and theme to create a story that is a symbol of social issues that she hopes to reform. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is Gilman’s most popular short story that highlights

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    I thought I knew how The Yellow Wallpaper was going to end. I thought there would really be a woman or ghost of a woman in the walls‚ perhaps a victim of a murder. I thought that the husband had taken his wife to this huge house to kill her and make it look like a suicide. Like one of those Lifetime movies where the husband pretends to love his wife and care for her although he secretly wants to bump her off. So the husband isolates the wife and slowly attempts to convince his wife and others that

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