yellow wallpaper
Womens Identity and Independence in The Yellow Wallpaper Although "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is fiction, it can be considered almost like Gilmans autobiography since Gilmans life seemed to parallel her main characters life. ... Shes not allowed to do anything but stare at some yellow wall-paper until she ultimately loses her mind. ... " (p801) Because of this "prison" that she was in, Gilman started to see images in the yellow wall-paper that she stared at day-in and day-out. The images she "saw" were a woman, and then women trapped behind the yellow wall-paper. ... Womens Identity and Independence in The Yellow Wallpaper Although "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is fiction, it can be considered almost like Gilmans autobiography since Gilmans life seemed to parallel her main characters life. ... Shes not allowed to do anything but stare at some yellow wall-paper until she ultimately loses her mind. ... " (p801) Because of this "prison" that she was in, Gilman started to see images in the yellow wall-paper that she stared at day-in and day-out. The images she "saw" were a woman, and then women trapped behind the yellow wall-paper.