The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis Essay
“The Yellow Wallpaper” “The Yellow Wallpaper” was one of the most fascinating short stories I ever read. It was like a mysterious horror story as I kept reading on. I can tell that Charlotte Perkins Gilman wanted to keep her readers intrigued and she did a great job at that. Although, throughout the story all I could think about is the woman in the wallpaper and what does she represent. In “The
Yellow Wallpaper” I believe that the woman in the wallpaper represents the narrator trying to break free from her nervous hysteria disorder and post-partum depression, but it only made her turn mad. I also believe that her husband kept her feeling ill by him treating her as a child. While reading through several reader responses I came …show more content…
The narrator was so interested in getting that woman out of the wallpaper. I believe that this was her way of finally letting her illness to stop controlling her. She didn’t want anyone around her because it would have stopped her plan to escape the wallpaper or her mental disorder. I believe that Gillman wanted her readers to think the yellow wallpaper represents an illness because first of all, yellow is related to being sick. The next reason could be because the smell of the wallpaper, an illness could be a bad odor but it is not the worst smell ever. The narrator even talks about how the odor drags on all over the house and how it was even in her hair. So the only way to rid herself of her own nervous hysteria and post-partum depression she had to tear down the paper. This lets the woman escape.
She said “I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!” So instead of her having to go back she goes mad and even locks the door so no one can enter the room to put her back into her state of depression. When John entered the room and saw her, he fainted. I believe that he fainted because he finally saw the woman behind the pattern.
Yellow Wallpaper” I believe that the woman in the wallpaper represents the narrator trying to break free from her nervous hysteria disorder and post-partum depression, but it only made her turn mad. I also believe that her husband kept her feeling ill by him treating her as a child. While reading through several reader responses I came …show more content…
The narrator was so interested in getting that woman out of the wallpaper. I believe that this was her way of finally letting her illness to stop controlling her. She didn’t want anyone around her because it would have stopped her plan to escape the wallpaper or her mental disorder. I believe that Gillman wanted her readers to think the yellow wallpaper represents an illness because first of all, yellow is related to being sick. The next reason could be because the smell of the wallpaper, an illness could be a bad odor but it is not the worst smell ever. The narrator even talks about how the odor drags on all over the house and how it was even in her hair. So the only way to rid herself of her own nervous hysteria and post-partum depression she had to tear down the paper. This lets the woman escape.
She said “I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!” So instead of her having to go back she goes mad and even locks the door so no one can enter the room to put her back into her state of depression. When John entered the room and saw her, he fainted. I believe that he fainted because he finally saw the woman behind the pattern.