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    In the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the narrator is not your typical upper class young woman‚ who has just given birth to her first child. She is an inquisitive dynamic young woman‚ whose nervous condition has gradually gotten worse as she adapts to the restrictions placed upon her. We see how the restrictions transform her through a series of journal entries‚ and learn that she has a tough time expressing her feelings to others. As we see her vivid thoughts through the

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    The Culture of The Yellow Wallpaper Through her many stories‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ developed the notion of how being a strong independent woman can be inspirational to all. The expression of her personal feelings and opinions behind the guise of a seemingly fictional story brings new life to the story itself. During the nineteenth century‚ there were many stereotypes of what was expected from women. In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman composes the story of a woman who suffers from

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    “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

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" – A Feminist Analysis Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper is a psychosomatic survey of her condition written by a nervous‚ paternalistically-suppressed young woman‚ during a three-month period of her treatment of neurasthenia. It is a document of the contemplations of her external environment and the physiological variations occurring within her‚ a sketch of the function of her mind-frame‚ within a tensed and depressed brain‚ when her

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    Winda Rosita Dewi 10211144022 Jane Eyre’s Struggle for Gender Equality in the novel Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte Equal is being the same in quantity‚ size‚ degree‚ value or status (Oxford Dictionary). From that definition‚ it can be said that equality is something that usually some people looking for‚ to show that their status are also same with the others. The inequalities are usually felt by women‚ because of their gender is related with something that weak‚ slow‚ home‚ and so on. Society

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    John S. Bak’s article draws attention to evidence of Foucaldian Panopticism in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Bak begins by giving a brief one paragraph introduction describing Gilman’s diagnosis of “neurasthenia‚” or “nervous prostration‚” as well as the treatment she was prescribed: “Mitchell’s Rest Cure.” (Bak 39) Gilman’s own experiences are reflected throughout her composition through the narrator. Within this first paragraph‚ Bak brings up the question “is she mad at the

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    “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman portrays a story around the narrator who is suffering from mental illness‚ which is internal. The narrator begins to explain how she knows something is wrong with her even though her high standing physician husband‚ John‚ and high standing physician brother don’t see anything except a temporary depression. John takes the narrator to a house over the summer to get her away from people and society‚ because John believes it makes her think of her condition

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    women or to stir action towards equality. However‚ in the later part of the 19th century‚ women were treated as no more than mere objects by men‚ without any empathy or love. One example that explores the rights of women during the time period is Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. In her short story‚ Gilman depicts the hurtful relationship between a powerless wife and a husband who has no regards for his spouse. Although the wife was submissive and obedient towards her husband in the

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an inspiring author‚ poet‚ and social activist. Gilman was born on July 3‚ 1860 in Hartford‚ Connecticut. Charlotte’s father‚ a relative of the famous writer Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ left her and her family when she was young. The absence of her father resulted in Charlotte’s mother raising two children on her own. Due to the fact that the family moved around frequently‚ Charlotte’s education was sporadic. However‚ Gilman was a strong and sagacious woman who achieved

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    may make it difficult for them to complete daily care activities for themselves or for others.” Today postpartum depression is a mental illness that is widely known‚ but in the late 1800’s when Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” postpartum depression was not known. In fact‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman herself “experienced a severe depression and underwent a series of unusual treatments for it… [that] is believed to have inspired her best-known short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’”

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