‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a fine example of how a narrator can use language to mirror their own state of mind. Throughout this story both intentional and unintentional hints are given which give us an insight into the female narrator’s psyche. The language in this story changes throughout. In the beginning of this short story about a woman who is suffering from a severe mental illness, the narrator’s thoughts are fluid and her speech is very much controlled. However, even from the beginning of this story there is quite a bit of vocabulary used which may reflect how women felt at that time. It is clear from quiet an early point in this short story that its objective is to, firstly, welcome us to inside a mind of
