Prior the Women’s Movement in the mid 1900s, sexism within society was viewed as acceptable, considering how men were thought to consistently have knowledge on what was the “best” for women, when in reality, it was quite the nuisance. The “rest cure” in a sense was created from those ideals as form of treatment used for hysteria by isolating women, limiting their use of intelligence, hence domesticating them. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, an American feminist experienced the rest cure herself and sought after to save others from being crazed by composing “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Within this short story, Gilman applies personification, diction and symbolism to portray her attitude toward the rest cure as well as the wallpaper itself. One technique
