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The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is about a woman who is suffering from temporary nervous depression. Her husband, a doctor, has taken her to a summer vacation home for rest therapy; however, the womans condition worsens and she sees images of faces in the wallpaper of her room. ... In the end, she locks herself in her room and tears off the wallpaper. ...
The most apparent representation is the pattern on the wallpaper and the images of women creeping behind the wallpaper. ...
Upon moving into the mansion, she immediately becomes obsessed with the nursery room wallpaper with "sprawling, flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin" (432). ... In every few paragraphs in her journal, she analyzes the wallpaper. Through the imagery she evokes from the wallpaper, it can be seen that she is really analyzing herself and her illness subconsciously. ... In the conclusion of the story when she tears off the wallpaper and says, "Ive got out at last, said I, in spite of you and Jane? ... Her husband and Jane, the housekeeper, were symbolic of society and when the wallpaper is down and the images are out, feminism is also out.
Approximate Word count = 892
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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