Charlotte Perkins Stetson's The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Stetson focused her center on feminist oppression via the use of her literature piece of “The Yellow Wall-Paper”, in which it was published in January 1892. The initially unnamed narrator, whom act as the protagonist, went through some mental conflicts and demonstrate a paucity of neurological stableness; thus, influencing her husband, John, to diagnose “neurasthenia”, and consequently use the “rest cure” i.e. a period of time of inactivity reserved for improving mental health as the primary treatment of her instability. Evidently, the narrator “Jane” was battling the theme of feminine oppression, which frequently presented itself in the story. Unfortunately, her and her initiative have been defeated both in the beginning …show more content…
Jane described “John is a physician, and perhaps ------ (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but is dead paper and a great relief to my mind-) perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster,” (Stetson 647). This exposed her internal belief toward John: she is not recovering because of him. From her perspective, John became the initiative that devastated her mental health. Moreover, she further emphasizes her clashes with John via the use of her …show more content…
On one occasion set in her room, she described the pattern and the color of the wallpaper as it “is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing,” (Stetson 653). The statement mentioned above established her cognitive thoughts against the wallpaper; predominantly on account of its appearances and properties. Notwithstanding her lack of tolerance with the wallpaper, she unexpectedly reformed her thoughts and consequently acquire the positive belief that “Life is very much more exciting now than it used to be. You see I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch. I really do eat better and am more quiet than I was,” (Stetson 653). These contrasting concepts suggests that Jane is arose to become victorious; she was able to overcome her mental conflicts, by the assistance of her personal interaction with the yellow wallpaper. Conversely, this evidence cannot be used to insinuate her victory; principally because of their lack of strengths. Her two mentioned belief occurred and changed in a short period of time; therefore, does not show her changes over time, in which the time span should be significantly larger if intending to show her improvement. All of these maintain the preconception that she had been vanquished throughout the