Well written literature has the power to withstand centuries, indicating that it is embraced by the audiences of the past and the present. This is a certain feature that allows for the author to raise controversial and arguable points as well honour the sparks of alluring positivity. These flashes and catches throughout literature enable the reader to recognise their own emotions, experiences or opinions that they hold. These moments of beauty and the controversy that follow allow the reader to be engaged at various depths throughout the text and often go hand in hand with each other. The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Stenson is a text which explicitly demonstrates these features.
It is not uncommon for societies and communities, …show more content…
Weir Mitchell who advised the ‘resting cure.’ The medical aspect of this text is used to critic the male ideology that was prominent during the 19th century and so influenced academic and social rituals. In retrospect, we as a modern audience can see that the ‘resting cure’ she was prescribed was in fact not beneficial at all as it had a significant psychological impact. Today we can see that the impacts of this were to be inevitable as the ‘resting cure’ called for the “withdrawal from social and domestic responsibilities…to have rest, live quietly and avoid strenuous mental effort.” This ‘solution’ had no room for mental stimulation and so extended psychosis is apparent. This text is still relevant to modern audiences as this contentious theme allows for us to agree with the narrator and conclude how ridiculous and backwards the medical advice was. Perkin’s uses her novel to actively and effectively communicate the effect that the repression of women has on and does so in a way that alarms the …show more content…
The physical setting has the ability to represent the repression of women during that time and how it had become a significant social and generational pattern. The un-named narrator is stuck in a routine. The physical repeated pattern in the wallpaper represents an imitated design, both in the physical setting as well as historically, in what was expected of women of the time. Women of the time were designed to fit a mold, and if they didn’t they were seen as abnormal or that something was wrong. Carol Margaret Davison supports this well in her publication of ‘Haunted House/Haunted Heroine : Female Gothic Closets in The Yellow Wallpaper’ when she states “the narrator’s complex vision of the horrors of patriarchy.” This is another expression of how Perkin’s feels toward the societal pattern, again expressed through her character. It is clear that the narrator is very frustrated with these ideas and societal standards as she describes the wallpaper as the colour being a “...repellant, almost revolting,” “there is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down.” This use of setting is done to create a controversial moment for the audience and make them think and analyze their own
It is not uncommon for societies and communities, …show more content…
Weir Mitchell who advised the ‘resting cure.’ The medical aspect of this text is used to critic the male ideology that was prominent during the 19th century and so influenced academic and social rituals. In retrospect, we as a modern audience can see that the ‘resting cure’ she was prescribed was in fact not beneficial at all as it had a significant psychological impact. Today we can see that the impacts of this were to be inevitable as the ‘resting cure’ called for the “withdrawal from social and domestic responsibilities…to have rest, live quietly and avoid strenuous mental effort.” This ‘solution’ had no room for mental stimulation and so extended psychosis is apparent. This text is still relevant to modern audiences as this contentious theme allows for us to agree with the narrator and conclude how ridiculous and backwards the medical advice was. Perkin’s uses her novel to actively and effectively communicate the effect that the repression of women has on and does so in a way that alarms the …show more content…
The physical setting has the ability to represent the repression of women during that time and how it had become a significant social and generational pattern. The un-named narrator is stuck in a routine. The physical repeated pattern in the wallpaper represents an imitated design, both in the physical setting as well as historically, in what was expected of women of the time. Women of the time were designed to fit a mold, and if they didn’t they were seen as abnormal or that something was wrong. Carol Margaret Davison supports this well in her publication of ‘Haunted House/Haunted Heroine : Female Gothic Closets in The Yellow Wallpaper’ when she states “the narrator’s complex vision of the horrors of patriarchy.” This is another expression of how Perkin’s feels toward the societal pattern, again expressed through her character. It is clear that the narrator is very frustrated with these ideas and societal standards as she describes the wallpaper as the colour being a “...repellant, almost revolting,” “there is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down.” This use of setting is done to create a controversial moment for the audience and make them think and analyze their own