The short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gulman is filled with feminist ideal and empowerment. The narrator details the changes that she experiences through a journal, during a stay in an estate. The husband, John, is a doctor who believes his wife has temporary Nervous Depression. He restrains her of all work until she is well. However, the wife’s condition deteriorates over time. Based on her secret journal entries, she then goes psycho. Although the narrator’s condition worsens, the story symbolizes the progressive empowerment of women. In the beginning, the male characters have power over the lives of women. John’s idea to forbid his wife is shown in agreeance with what other men think. For example, on page
