19th Century American Women
As a women have you ever felt as if you have had less freedom? Fewer capabilities as men? That’s what most women felt in the 19th century and they felt that way because of how society treated them. The Yellow Wallpaper by, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was about a woman in the 19th century who isn’t given her rights because of the society she lives in and because of her husband. This story lets us see into a mind of a woman who is dealing with a bad case of postpartum depression. She is going through postpartum depression while she stays in a rental house that is supposed to help her. Women in the 19th century weren't close to having the rights and freedom as women have today because of the society they lived in, how men treated them, and how they were seen to act.
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Back then they weren’t expected to work outside of their homes, weren’t expected to know what’s right for them and husbands always “knew” what was best for them. In the “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman expresses/shows us a part to where John believes he knows what's best, he says “Your exercise depends on your strength, my dear,” he said, “and your food somewhat appetite; but air you can absorb all the time”(Gilman 2). Having Gilman say this gives us an idea how her husband John, believes what is best for her and doesn’t quite gives her the freedom she
Back then they weren’t expected to work outside of their homes, weren’t expected to know what’s right for them and husbands always “knew” what was best for them. In the “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman expresses/shows us a part to where John believes he knows what's best, he says “Your exercise depends on your strength, my dear,” he said, “and your food somewhat appetite; but air you can absorb all the time”(Gilman 2). Having Gilman say this gives us an idea how her husband John, believes what is best for her and doesn’t quite gives her the freedom she