A Short Story Analysis on C.P. Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper
The short story entitled, “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a gothic horror tale that was later viewed as a story utilizing symbolism to demonstrate repression and disapproval of Victorian patriarchy. This short story made her particularly important in this certain genre of story-writing (Meyering, 4).
When the narrator was diagnosed with neurasthenia, which is the chronic mental and physical depression, she was already demonstrating different symptoms that may have affected her neurological system. While her husband decided to use the rest cure as the method of treatment, she was placed in a room with yellow wallpaper. Due to her condition, she was easily affected by what was in the wallpaper. Looking at the contextual meaning, symbolisms can be very well observed as they have been the core elements in this particular short story. The characters themselves represent a certain symbol that has relative importance to the present societal situations. John, the narrator’s husband who is also a doctor, can be viewed as patriarchy. This can be observed throughout the text, as machismo can be observed in his actions. It is as if everything revolves around his decision, of what he thought was right, that the narrator could not do anything …show more content…
The woman in the wallpaper is an image she is seeing of herself being trapped. People who are depressed are constantly stuck in their own minds. Somewhat like being inside your own head and your eyes are just glass, windows you can see out of, but cannot escape. She is seeing herself in the wallpaper trying to escape because she is also trying to escape her depression. (Treichler
The short story entitled, “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a gothic horror tale that was later viewed as a story utilizing symbolism to demonstrate repression and disapproval of Victorian patriarchy. This short story made her particularly important in this certain genre of story-writing (Meyering, 4).
When the narrator was diagnosed with neurasthenia, which is the chronic mental and physical depression, she was already demonstrating different symptoms that may have affected her neurological system. While her husband decided to use the rest cure as the method of treatment, she was placed in a room with yellow wallpaper. Due to her condition, she was easily affected by what was in the wallpaper. Looking at the contextual meaning, symbolisms can be very well observed as they have been the core elements in this particular short story. The characters themselves represent a certain symbol that has relative importance to the present societal situations. John, the narrator’s husband who is also a doctor, can be viewed as patriarchy. This can be observed throughout the text, as machismo can be observed in his actions. It is as if everything revolves around his decision, of what he thought was right, that the narrator could not do anything …show more content…
The woman in the wallpaper is an image she is seeing of herself being trapped. People who are depressed are constantly stuck in their own minds. Somewhat like being inside your own head and your eyes are just glass, windows you can see out of, but cannot escape. She is seeing herself in the wallpaper trying to escape because she is also trying to escape her depression. (Treichler