Summary Of Charlotte Perkins Stetson's The Yellow Wallpaper

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson was written using components of feminist criticism. This story deals with many inequalities between John and his wife, it also uses female and male perspectives throughout the whole story. “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- - slight hysterical tendency- - what is one to do?” the narrator explains that her husband shrugs away her illness, and just thinks she’s being dramatic. She also suggests different treatment for herself and thinks it may work better but her husband doesn’t listen. He believes that there is nothing wrong with his wife, which adds to her illness.
“The he took me in his arms and called me a blessed little goose, and said he would go down to the cellar, if I wished , and have it Whitewashed into the bargain”, this further proves that he treats her like an adolescent rather than his equal, and wife. John disregards his wife’s judgment, he makes her live in a room she loathes, and in an isolated environment that makes her incredibly unhappy. He also seems to be rather controlling, and doesn't like her to write. Women in this time period weren’t treated well, and were oppressed. Because of her husband's lack of care for her illness she also dismisses it to. He also tell her that there is no reason to suffer, and she believes that satisfies