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    English 1302 22 November 2011 Main Character’s Outsider Theme In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ the narrator‚ Jane‚ is struggling to deal with her depression that she is suffering in a confined room that her husband‚ John put her in. John believes that this will cure Jane and make her better from her depression. Instead‚ Jane is slowly losing herself within the yellow wallpaper in the room causing her to become insane. Jane is not able to express her feelings with her husband

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    The psychology behind it Many things can be said about Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” such as how this is some form of bildungsroman‚ or how it is a story of female repression and omission from society. Another‚ potentially more insightful reading‚ could come from the psychological field of study and suggest that the narrator suffers from postpartum psychosis or postpartum depression. The things that the narrator says‚ hints at‚ does‚ and explains all points toward one universal truth:

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    The yellow wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman In “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” Gilman critiques the position of women within the institution of marriage. She uses a number of literary devices to express the political theme of feminism and the oppression of women. For Gilman‚ the conventional nineteenth-century marriage‚ with its rigid distinction between the “domestic” functions of the female and the “active” work of the male‚ ensured that women remained second-class citizens. The story reveals

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    Literature and Culture September 4‚ 2013 The Yellow Wallpaper When I read the passage the Yellow Wallpaper this quote stood out to me as being one of the main quotes: “ If a physician of high standing‚ and one’s own husband‚ assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is‚ and tonics‚ and journeys‚ and air‚ and exercise‚ and am absolutely

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    A.P English Summer Assignment The Yellow Wallpaper More often then not we find ourselves holding back our true feelings‚ like the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The narrator has a vast imagination but struggles with depression. Her husband John’s solution as her doctor is to forbid her from expressing her-self‚ leading her to insanity. A mind that is kept in a state of forced inactivity is doomed to self-destruction. Everyone needs a way to vent what is heavy

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    Anna Autrey Nancy Risch ENG 232 13 June 2013 The Not-so-Mellow Men in Yellow A contemporary reader’s interpretations of “The Yellow Wall-Paper” will be founded in the reader’s set of current beliefs‚ knowledge and understanding of the era of the story‚ and a fundamental knowledge of the author. Any history or prior-knowledge a reader has of the author’s personal life will help them clearly identify any biases or overtly stressed generalizations of that author’s characters. When reading the

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    The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a compelling and insightful short story that depicts the medical and professional treatment of women in the late 19th century. It also details the role of a woman in marriage during this time period. The narrator of the story slowly descends into insanity while her husband trivializes her condition and treats her as if she is mentally inferior. One powerful yet simple quote from the work is‚ “John laughs at me of course‚ but one expects that in

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    The Yellow Wallpaper is a story which is told in the first individual by the Narrator‚ a young lady. The Narrator and her husband‚ John‚ have leased a substantial‚ empty colonial estate for the midyear. The Narrator portrays the home as haunted‚ or possibly feeling extremely odd‚ and relates that her husband John‚ a refined physician laughs at her notions. The Narrator‚ on the other hand‚ furtively wants to stimulate the thought that the house is haunted. The Narrator is experiencing anxious misery

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    Trapped and Unreliable The two short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe are stories that appear to be totally different from each other‚ but are actually very similar; one of those similarities is the theme of entrapment the stories show entrapment on both a physical and a mental level. We see in these two stories individuals that are not only trapped physically but trapped mentally within their own minds not able to free themselves

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    story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” There are numerous feminist analyses about Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wallpaper in relation to her tragic life and the medical diagnosis in the 1900s. In fact‚ these analyses have been from a feminist perspective associated with marriage and the medical treatment women received due to postpartum psychosis. Feminist critics assumed that the patriarchy of the late nineteenth century was the cause for the insanity of the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper. Carol

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