The Yellow Wallpaper
The yellow Wallpaper is a story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it is a story of self-efficacy. The story is written in first person omniscient and deals with a husband trying to cure his wife of a nervous disease, which in trying to help his wife with the disease he actually makes it even worst. In “The yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, symbolism is used in different ways to convey important meaning in the text. Throughout the story symbolism such as the wallpaper, the house that they are in and moonlight all have a deeper connection with the text. To begin with, the house symbolizes entrapment and dislike as it is stated in the story “A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted …show more content…
During the day, the narrator writes that the woman trapped in the wallpaper is “motionless and immobile” (Gilman 5). As moonlight strikes the woman begins to move around and come alive or as it is said in the text she begins to creep. This pattern represents the narrator’s own daily movements. During the day, she sleeps; at night she lays awake, alert and faithful to her writing that she is doing and all the activity going on while her husband sleeps. This symbolization is still connecting with the theme of entrapment in the story. In this quote from the story it shows how when the moonlight came the narrator changed from not being able to do much to thinking, writing and moving around the room. “As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her” (Gilman 9). In Gilman's story, sunlight is also connected with John's order and dominating schedule. John prescribes medicine for the narrator for every hour of the day while he goes about his daily rounds, forcing her to take on the same order and control that defines his life. At night, however, the balance shifts. At the nigh the narrator cannot be monitored by john the husband and it is where her mind roams free to think about anything. The moonlight has always had a meaning of …show more content…
The narrator over time becomes obsessed with it and starts seeing weird patterns and starts giving the paper a life of its own. “I have watched John when he did not know I was looking, and come into the room suddenly on the most innocent excuses, and I've caught him several times LOOKING AT THE PAPER! And Jennie too, I caught Jennie with her hand on it once” (Gilman 7). Looking at the last quote from the text it shows you the obsession the narrator is having with the wallpaper. It is clear the attachment and connection between the narrator and the women in the
The yellow Wallpaper is a story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it is a story of self-efficacy. The story is written in first person omniscient and deals with a husband trying to cure his wife of a nervous disease, which in trying to help his wife with the disease he actually makes it even worst. In “The yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, symbolism is used in different ways to convey important meaning in the text. Throughout the story symbolism such as the wallpaper, the house that they are in and moonlight all have a deeper connection with the text. To begin with, the house symbolizes entrapment and dislike as it is stated in the story “A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted …show more content…
During the day, the narrator writes that the woman trapped in the wallpaper is “motionless and immobile” (Gilman 5). As moonlight strikes the woman begins to move around and come alive or as it is said in the text she begins to creep. This pattern represents the narrator’s own daily movements. During the day, she sleeps; at night she lays awake, alert and faithful to her writing that she is doing and all the activity going on while her husband sleeps. This symbolization is still connecting with the theme of entrapment in the story. In this quote from the story it shows how when the moonlight came the narrator changed from not being able to do much to thinking, writing and moving around the room. “As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her” (Gilman 9). In Gilman's story, sunlight is also connected with John's order and dominating schedule. John prescribes medicine for the narrator for every hour of the day while he goes about his daily rounds, forcing her to take on the same order and control that defines his life. At night, however, the balance shifts. At the nigh the narrator cannot be monitored by john the husband and it is where her mind roams free to think about anything. The moonlight has always had a meaning of …show more content…
The narrator over time becomes obsessed with it and starts seeing weird patterns and starts giving the paper a life of its own. “I have watched John when he did not know I was looking, and come into the room suddenly on the most innocent excuses, and I've caught him several times LOOKING AT THE PAPER! And Jennie too, I caught Jennie with her hand on it once” (Gilman 7). Looking at the last quote from the text it shows you the obsession the narrator is having with the wallpaper. It is clear the attachment and connection between the narrator and the women in the