The Yellow Wallpaper
"The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gillman describes a miserable world of wealthy woman. A significance of her emotional condition and the life style she lives are very common in a late 19th century. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is written by the first person narrator who has loving husband and beautiful baby. However, experiencing deep depression, she shares with us her feelings, thoughts and point of view. As we go through the story and getting more familiar with the main character, we start questioning whether this narrator is reliable. The story "The Yellow Wallpaper" presents us with a diary of a woman that she keeps throughout the summer. The geographical setting of her story takes us to "The most beautiful place!" (330), a country house, where after being diagnosed with "temporary nervous depression" and "slight hysterical tendency" (330), the woman is brought for "tonics, and air and exercise" (330), and being "absolutely forbidden to "work"" until she is well again. She is brought there by her husband in order to get cure by rest. Was he the right doctor for her? Or was his treatment efficient? "John is a physician, and perhaps [...] that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see, he does not believe I
By her opinion, she is surrounded by imaginary figures that come to her out of wallpaper. ] I wish he would let me go and make a visit [. "The fact is I am getting a little afraid of John. ] that awful pattern began to laugh at me [. As we go through the story we realize that yellow wallpaper represents the feeling of loneliness and deep depression that narrator suffers from. The historical period of time, in which that story was written, describes a typical marriage, reflects the rights of wives and illustrates the common position of the women in the society of the 19th century. He seems very queer sometimes, and even Jeannie has an inexplicable look" (336). May be they would find the proper cure if John only listens to her "[. She totally depends on her husband and has to agree with everything he says, even though she thinks differently.
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