Alienation is a social condition that is present in many aspects of life, such as in the workplace or school that affects people of many different ages and cultures. Alienation is defined as the state of isolation or rejection by society or a group of individuals. It can be caused by an array of things, such as religion, physical appearance, mental state, etc. The result of alienation leads to emotions of hatred for society itself, or groups who have alienated oneself, as well as feelings of severe depression and anxiety, trouble with communication, insubordination, and feelings of hopelessness. Alienation is a condition that severely affects the human mind, and can drive one into a dismal and erratic mental state. In the short stories “The
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Charlotte, her brother Thomas Adie, and her mother Mary Perkins were abandoned by her father when she was an infant, leaving the family in a state of poverty. Due to the economic state of their family, they moved around from place to place frequently, which greatly affected Charlotte’s education and ability to create friendships. Following this, her mother grew very cold to her and her brother, believing that without socialization or comfort, she was helping her children become emotionally independent, making Charlotte a social outcast, alienated first by her father, then her mother for cruel but understandable reasoning. Without a mother or father, Charlotte became very lonely, and turned to literature and other works in the public library as an escape from her loneliness. Charlotte eventually married to Charles Walter Stetson and had a child, which caused her to fall into a deep depression, which she received a variety of fruitless and trivial treatments for and perhaps influenced her in writing “The Yellow Wallpaper”. One could say that Charlotte’s alienation in her early years gave her less attachment to others, as when she divorced Stetson, she sent her daughter to live and be raised by him while she went her own way. In 1932, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and in 1934 her remarried husband George Gilman had suddenly passed away. In 1935 Charlotte committed suicide rather than dealing with the cancer and her inevitable fate. Gilman’s hardships of alienation and isolation throughout mainly her early life affected her works later in
Charlotte, her brother Thomas Adie, and her mother Mary Perkins were abandoned by her father when she was an infant, leaving the family in a state of poverty. Due to the economic state of their family, they moved around from place to place frequently, which greatly affected Charlotte’s education and ability to create friendships. Following this, her mother grew very cold to her and her brother, believing that without socialization or comfort, she was helping her children become emotionally independent, making Charlotte a social outcast, alienated first by her father, then her mother for cruel but understandable reasoning. Without a mother or father, Charlotte became very lonely, and turned to literature and other works in the public library as an escape from her loneliness. Charlotte eventually married to Charles Walter Stetson and had a child, which caused her to fall into a deep depression, which she received a variety of fruitless and trivial treatments for and perhaps influenced her in writing “The Yellow Wallpaper”. One could say that Charlotte’s alienation in her early years gave her less attachment to others, as when she divorced Stetson, she sent her daughter to live and be raised by him while she went her own way. In 1932, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and in 1934 her remarried husband George Gilman had suddenly passed away. In 1935 Charlotte committed suicide rather than dealing with the cancer and her inevitable fate. Gilman’s hardships of alienation and isolation throughout mainly her early life affected her works later in