In the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Gilman puts her own thoughts, and ideas about depression into creating a fictional, powerful story about an unnamed women that is diagnosed with “nervousness depression.” Her physician is her husband, John, who solemnly diagnoses her with it. Her thoughts eat her up, and swallow her as shes on a vacation with him, who is trying to cure her. The story shows a precise, and practical point of view from the sickened woman. Throughout the story, inquired symbols are shown, and the point of view from the author is subsequently evaluated. The Yellow Wallpaper is told about how a woman, and her husband take a vacation to a beautiful, magical estate, and wonder how they
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She was indeed psychotic, and nobody ever listened to what she needed, but instead everyone wanted her to do things that they thought were best, that weren 't completely helping her. She knew it wasn 't just the nervousness depression killing her deeply inside but also not being able to do her motherly duties, and expectations, and hold her own infant. She wanted to be free, finally. Depressed people usually are stuck in their mind, and thats exactly the phase the woman was in. As evaluated, Gilman shows the psychological state of imprisonment, physically, and mentally of woman. Depression, mental illness, and abandonment was shown through the whole text. For example, the woman’s mental state drops when shes in a less comfortable room at the estate, and exclaims “I 've got out at last, '... ' in spite of you and Jane. And I 've pulled off most of the paper, so you can 't put me back.” As said before, symbol is shown numerously. The wallpaper, moonlight, windows and even the bed are a couple listed. In the passage, John had the idea for the get-a-way to the estate; now the time it since there was beautiful gardens and such, which is a sign of renewal, fresh starts, new awakenings and hope. John was pretty needy at that to help his wife out, but for her it was quite the opposite. In all, on the outside the actuality of the setting was gorgeous with the urge of a great start, but inside of her it was as dark and gloomy as a rainy day, wherefore it symbolizes illness and her need to be healed. Gilman sends off many dark, deep, influential messages from this story. It all relates back to how women were treated back in the 1800 's. They were unimportant, never had their word for anything, and were mostly imprisoned from their normal lifestyles they should of had. All they wanted to do was be free, and have their own voice. They wanted to break away from the pain, just much like Johns wife
She was indeed psychotic, and nobody ever listened to what she needed, but instead everyone wanted her to do things that they thought were best, that weren 't completely helping her. She knew it wasn 't just the nervousness depression killing her deeply inside but also not being able to do her motherly duties, and expectations, and hold her own infant. She wanted to be free, finally. Depressed people usually are stuck in their mind, and thats exactly the phase the woman was in. As evaluated, Gilman shows the psychological state of imprisonment, physically, and mentally of woman. Depression, mental illness, and abandonment was shown through the whole text. For example, the woman’s mental state drops when shes in a less comfortable room at the estate, and exclaims “I 've got out at last, '... ' in spite of you and Jane. And I 've pulled off most of the paper, so you can 't put me back.” As said before, symbol is shown numerously. The wallpaper, moonlight, windows and even the bed are a couple listed. In the passage, John had the idea for the get-a-way to the estate; now the time it since there was beautiful gardens and such, which is a sign of renewal, fresh starts, new awakenings and hope. John was pretty needy at that to help his wife out, but for her it was quite the opposite. In all, on the outside the actuality of the setting was gorgeous with the urge of a great start, but inside of her it was as dark and gloomy as a rainy day, wherefore it symbolizes illness and her need to be healed. Gilman sends off many dark, deep, influential messages from this story. It all relates back to how women were treated back in the 1800 's. They were unimportant, never had their word for anything, and were mostly imprisoned from their normal lifestyles they should of had. All they wanted to do was be free, and have their own voice. They wanted to break away from the pain, just much like Johns wife