“The Yellow Wall-paper”, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person and consist of numerous journal entries. The narrator of the story is a woman who struggles with herself because she suffers from a nervous condition and faces depression. She is confined in an isolated house, on bed rest. She states that the house “is quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village” (844). This house is separated from real life and society and her emotional state relates to the description of the house; bounded and lonely. Her depression worsens throughout the story because of her admiration with the yellow wallpaper. Because she is trapped inside this large house, it takes away her independence and the power she has as a woman. Gilman’s story uses a nervous disorder to portray that women during this time struggle to have the ability to be independent and express themselves.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin were known for being feminist writers. The famous stories, “The Yellow-Wallpaper” written by Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” written by Chopin, both have great meaning and consist of many symbols representing freedom. Chopin writes this specific story to represent freedom through the death of a husband. In her story, the woman believes her husband has died and although she is saddened by the terrible news, she feels “free”. This story shows the dominance husbands have towards their wives and how these women don't have independence. A number “of [Chopin’s] stories came to be recognized as among the major achievements of turn-of-the century American literary culture” (538). Chopin’s stories impacted the way people thought toward women
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin were known for being feminist writers. The famous stories, “The Yellow-Wallpaper” written by Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” written by Chopin, both have great meaning and consist of many symbols representing freedom. Chopin writes this specific story to represent freedom through the death of a husband. In her story, the woman believes her husband has died and although she is saddened by the terrible news, she feels “free”. This story shows the dominance husbands have towards their wives and how these women don't have independence. A number “of [Chopin’s] stories came to be recognized as among the major achievements of turn-of-the century American literary culture” (538). Chopin’s stories impacted the way people thought toward women