The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins - 1189 Words

Aubi-Ann Genus Ms.Vedula 4 December 2015 â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† a Feminist Story â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† by Charlotte Perkins Gillman focuses on the oppression of women in the 19th century. The story introduces us into the awareness of a woman who is slowly going insane over the course of the summer. She recently just gave birth to a baby and is most likely suffering from some type of depression. Analyzing this story, we see the frustrations of women during The Victorian era. Women were manipulated into certain stereotypes as a wife and mother. Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper† analyses the question is â€Å"Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s real life experiences are reflected in her short story†? â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† examines the theme of†¦show more content†¦It is, she notices, â€Å"One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin† (Gilman, 307). Another significant setting is isolation which speaks volume to the narrator will be exposed to as well as a sense of imprisonment. The narrator s outlook of the setting is described both literally and figuratively by her inadequate and troubled perspective. The narrator sees the yellow wallpaper in the room as a malicious and upsetting presence, whereas it actually may not be so. Because the whole story is described from her point of view, the readers gradually see how the narrators mind, body and soul is affected by The Yellow Wallpaper. The room that she is placed to reside in may be nursery, as she claims to have been told, it could also be a room of imprisonment to hold mental patients, it has rings and things(Gillman). On the walls, the isolation of the house and room enhances the narrator’s loneliness and distance, both psychological and emotional. The form of the woman trapped behind it, the bulbous eyes (Hudock, 2) watching over it, all mirror the narrator s hysteri a and paranoia, which escalates during the course of the story. Third Jane uses symbolism in a multitude of ways throughout the story. First the revolting paper becomes a symbol as she pictures a woman who, like herself, the narrator hides and creeps behind the patterns of the Victorian femme secret laws that subdue wives. In her determination to free herself from