During the nineteenth century, there were a lot of downsides of being a women. Since the society was male dominated, women had no power or freedom to express themselves. Women’s ideas were considered good-for-nothing whereas whatever a man said was always considered right. Examples of such oppressions can be clearly depicted in the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The author wrote this story to change the perspective of men about women and their important status in the society.
During the entire story, the narrator, a woman, is not given a name whereas her husband is given a name, John. Also, the narrator is referred as “John’s wife”, which clearly shows how men had more power even in the slightest things. John, …show more content…
However, she wanted a room that "opened on the piazza," with "roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings!". But, John chose a room which resembles a prison because everyone had lots of separate little houses divided in orderly fashion and “the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls”(309) which shows narrator’s imprisonment. The narrator is comfortable and ready to accept everything in her room except the yellow torned wallpaper which catches her attention and makes her feel weird on moonlight evening. As the narrator starts to recognize that she is getting too deep into the wallpaper, she complains about not liking the wallpaper and asks her husband to replace it. John doesn’t pay attention to her request and completely denies it as he thinks it will excite her nervousness. As days go by, the yellow wallpaper becomes most important part of the narrator’s life. The wallpaper which was just a mere wallpaper before, now takes all the attention of the narrator and she starts noticing specific patterns associated with the wallpaper. The narrator notices “a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down”(311). As the narrator starts to get mentally disturbed all the sentences in the story becomes short and choppy which demonstrates distraction in her …show more content…
In the end when narrator is in her room by herself, she peels off the yellow wallpaper as well as she thinks that she will get the women in the wallpaper out and make her free from the prison during the night time when John is away in the city. When John comes back from city and opens the door, the narrator responds that “I’ve got out at last,” said I,” in spite of you and Jane, And I’ve pulled of most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!”(320). This event shows that atlast the narrator and the women in the wallpaper both are free from the masculine oppression and have authoritative position which shows victory of feminism over masculine power.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story which shows the struggles women faced during the nineteenth century. The narrator in the story is faced with many struggles such as not given her own identity, her choices are suppressed by her husband, and her imaginative power to write and express herself is constantly neglected. Women during same time faced very similar struggles, but they had no voice. Even if they escape somehow, they will face insanity of outside
During the entire story, the narrator, a woman, is not given a name whereas her husband is given a name, John. Also, the narrator is referred as “John’s wife”, which clearly shows how men had more power even in the slightest things. John, …show more content…
However, she wanted a room that "opened on the piazza," with "roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings!". But, John chose a room which resembles a prison because everyone had lots of separate little houses divided in orderly fashion and “the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls”(309) which shows narrator’s imprisonment. The narrator is comfortable and ready to accept everything in her room except the yellow torned wallpaper which catches her attention and makes her feel weird on moonlight evening. As the narrator starts to recognize that she is getting too deep into the wallpaper, she complains about not liking the wallpaper and asks her husband to replace it. John doesn’t pay attention to her request and completely denies it as he thinks it will excite her nervousness. As days go by, the yellow wallpaper becomes most important part of the narrator’s life. The wallpaper which was just a mere wallpaper before, now takes all the attention of the narrator and she starts noticing specific patterns associated with the wallpaper. The narrator notices “a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down”(311). As the narrator starts to get mentally disturbed all the sentences in the story becomes short and choppy which demonstrates distraction in her …show more content…
In the end when narrator is in her room by herself, she peels off the yellow wallpaper as well as she thinks that she will get the women in the wallpaper out and make her free from the prison during the night time when John is away in the city. When John comes back from city and opens the door, the narrator responds that “I’ve got out at last,” said I,” in spite of you and Jane, And I’ve pulled of most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!”(320). This event shows that atlast the narrator and the women in the wallpaper both are free from the masculine oppression and have authoritative position which shows victory of feminism over masculine power.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story which shows the struggles women faced during the nineteenth century. The narrator in the story is faced with many struggles such as not given her own identity, her choices are suppressed by her husband, and her imaginative power to write and express herself is constantly neglected. Women during same time faced very similar struggles, but they had no voice. Even if they escape somehow, they will face insanity of outside