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THE YELLOW WALL PAPER
AUTHOR
Real name CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN ( known as STETSMAN )
observed as being bright
liked to be in the library
suffered from serious depression
wrote " THE YELLOW PAPER " in 1890
PUBLICATION & BACKGROUND
was first published in January in 1892 in NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
after publishing author sent it to her doctor
Gilman used her own experience in her first marriage
and postpartum depression as inspiration for story
illustrates how a woman's lack of autonomy is detrimental to her mental health
This viewpoint on women as childish and weak meant that they were discouraged from having any control over their lives
CHARACTERS
THE NARRATOR
young , upper-middle class woman
mother and suffers from nervousness
strugggles to do daily tasks
her obsession with yellow wallpaper in her bedroom
explain her depression throughout story
he criticezes ugly , yellow wallpaper
begins to believe that there is a woman in the wallpaper who alters the patterns and is watching her
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imaginative and natural writer
her name can be JANE
JOHN
narrator's husband
her physician
refuses narrator's imagination and feelings
believes she will get better
discourages her wonder about the house
hires the nurse for their baby
JENNIE
John 's siter
works as a housekeeper for the couple
her content is domestic role
MAIN THEMES IN THE STORY
women's role in the marriage
identity and self-expression
she hurries to put her journal away because JOHN Is approaching
desperately needs an intellectual and emotioanl outlet
she forces herself to act as happy and satisfied
take on strictly domestic roles inside the home
always gotting rejection from her husband
effect of committng women to a state dependence and ignorance
THE REST CURE
she is discouraged from doing activities
showing the detrimental effects on women
posing that women need mental and physical stimulation to be healthy
need to be free to make their own decisions over health and lives