Symbolism In Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper” is both a “haunting psychological story” and a “feminist masterpiece” that follows the narrator's own descent into madness caused by the structured yellow wallpaper (Moore,1). Gilman's implementation of imagery and metaphors found trapped inside the wallpaper contribute to the recurring theme of women's oppression felt by not only the narrator of the story, but by Gilman herself. This story contains various hidden themes, that provide the story with multiple different meanings “but beneath the surface of vague interpretations, lies a tale of repression and freedom told in intricate symbolism as seen through the eyes of a mad narrator”(Bak,1). “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written in 1890 by