Critical Response to The Yellow Wall-paper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" is set in the late 1800s in a "colonial mansion"(1657). The mansion sits back from the road, surrounded by "hedges and walls and gates that lock" (1658). It is also bordered by separate houses made for gardeners and other servants, a garden brimming with grapes, and greenhouses, which have been long forgotten (1658). It seems to be a beautiful old place, a perfect place to get away from the world and relax. Gilman may have chosen this particular setting because it was familiar to her. Gilman herself suffered with bouts of depression and was persuaded to see Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, whom she mentions in her story, for treatment. He was known for prescribing a "rest cure", which is what brou
"The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Fifth Edition. While she tells us that the nursery has many windows and is often filled with sunlight, we are depressed because we know that she is slowly going mad. Works CitedGilman, Charlotte Perkins. She spends many hours trying to make sense of it, finally deciding that the pattern consists of bars that imprison a woman. The walls of the room are covered with wallpaper a horrible shade of yellow. It is faded in spots from the sunlight and shredded in other spots presumably from the children that used to occupy the room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. While most authors would choose to describe in detail the entire room, including the furniture, Gilman concentrates on the wallpaper, giving only a few details of the furniture and the rest of the room. The atmosphere that Gilman creates for "The Yellow Wall-paper" is at the same time sunny and depressing. The undefined pattern confuses and intrigues her. " The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Fifth Edition. Inside the mansion, the main character's husband, John decides that they will sleep in the nursery at the top of the house so she could get the most air (1659).
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