The Color Yellow
American feminism has come a long way in a world that was, and still is, ruled by men. These men controlled the women in numerous ways. This lead to women finally standing up and fighting back for their freedom. In The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women’s writer and an American feminist, used her postpartum depression to cultivate this story to what it is today, a feminist piece. The narrator and her husband have come to vacation in a mansion after the birth of their daughter and to cure the narrator’s depression. The narrator is put in a room with yellow wallpaper that she describes as ugly and scary. The yellow wallpaper is greatly important because it represents the narrator’s journey to find self-knowledge, and serves as a symbol of hope, and …show more content…
She demonstrates bravery that some women did not possess to overcome. For example, our narrator says, “I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back! Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!” (Gilman 803). This quote demonstrates the power the wallpaper had on our narrator. The ripping and releasing of the women shifted our narrator’s attitude to a more curious person. She overcame female oppression in a way that changed history. This helped millions of women keep their head up and fight for freedom. Furthermore, the yellow wallpaper in the story The Yellow Wallpaper had a key role in this story. It is important, because it represents the narrator’s journey to find self-knowledge, and serves as a symbol of hope, and overcoming female oppression. The wallpaper transforms the narrator throughout the story and changed the way we view women
American feminism has come a long way in a world that was, and still is, ruled by men. These men controlled the women in numerous ways. This lead to women finally standing up and fighting back for their freedom. In The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women’s writer and an American feminist, used her postpartum depression to cultivate this story to what it is today, a feminist piece. The narrator and her husband have come to vacation in a mansion after the birth of their daughter and to cure the narrator’s depression. The narrator is put in a room with yellow wallpaper that she describes as ugly and scary. The yellow wallpaper is greatly important because it represents the narrator’s journey to find self-knowledge, and serves as a symbol of hope, and …show more content…
She demonstrates bravery that some women did not possess to overcome. For example, our narrator says, “I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back! Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!” (Gilman 803). This quote demonstrates the power the wallpaper had on our narrator. The ripping and releasing of the women shifted our narrator’s attitude to a more curious person. She overcame female oppression in a way that changed history. This helped millions of women keep their head up and fight for freedom. Furthermore, the yellow wallpaper in the story The Yellow Wallpaper had a key role in this story. It is important, because it represents the narrator’s journey to find self-knowledge, and serves as a symbol of hope, and overcoming female oppression. The wallpaper transforms the narrator throughout the story and changed the way we view women