The Yellow Wallpaper Essay Conclusion

In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane, a recent mother has gone into a gradual decline in interest in both her family and her own health since the birth of her child. Her Husband, John, a physician decides the best course of action is rest. John sends her off to an estate where she suffers from isolation; with her only contact being her husband, and his sister, she is slowly driven to madness due to lack of creative stimulation. I found it interesting how in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” John, essentially deprives Jane of any sort of social interaction in an attempt to help her rest. In his efforts to heal her he effectively ignored her subtle cries for help due to his idea that he knows more than she does. Aristotle once said “Man is by nature a social animal…” and when that is taken away, what is left is the ramblings of a lost soul which is clearly portrayed here in this short story. …show more content…
Jane speaks of her husband in a fond light, as if he is heralded as someone greater than herself. During the 19th century, women were often expected to be caretakers of both men and their children. They were often in charge of housework, caring for children, and cooking. When it came to intellectual ideas, women were often dismissed as either uninformed, precarious as to their own argument, or, more often than not, ignored entirely regardless of their fact or fiction. Men often believed that they were correct in conversation, for example, during the “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Jane quotes her husband saying "and really, dear, I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental,” after she claimed that he would be changing the wallpaper. This is a prime example of how women were treated during the 19th