The color yellow is normally associated with happiness and bliss. However, in the story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the color creates an opportunity for so much more than simply happiness, but rather equality. This story was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it is considered to be a feminist work of literature. The story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is a feminist work because Gilman portrays the ways in which woman are held to different standards then men which are not equal and it also displays the ability that women possess in order to stand up to the inequality brought against them. The story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” also helped to progress the feminist movement by revealing to those individuals whom believe that women do not deserve the same
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In the story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the narrator and the woman in the wallpaper both represent imprisonment and freedom. Throughout the story, readers are able to be aware of the way in which the narrator is extremely confined and restricted. However, it is unsure whether or not the narrator realizes this or not. Then, the narrator sees a woman behind the yellow wallpaper, “creeping” (13). The word “creep” generally means to move slowly and carefully, to avoid being heard or noticed (Dictionary.com). This is proof that some individuals believe that women should not be heard or noticed, and women know this belief all too well. The woman is behind the wallpaper because she is restricted and unable to escape the imprisonment which she is in and she is creeping because she knows that she is not supposed to be loud or noticeable. By the end of the story, the narrator believes that she is the woman inside of the wallpaper. For example, while the narrator is describing the women who creep, she states, “I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did? But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope—you don 't get ME out in the road there! I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard! It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please (17). Instead of referring to the woman in the wallpaper as “the woman,” she begins to refer to her as “me.” This shows that the narrator realizes that she is being restricted and that she feels as if she was stuck inside of wallpaper unable to escape. The narrator and the woman in the wallpaper also represents freedom because the narrator tore down the yellow wallpaper so that the woman inside was able to escape. Therefore, since the woman inside the wallpaper is actually the narrator, she is free. After the narrator begins to creep outside of the wallpaper, she confirms to her husband that, “"I 've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane.
In the story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the narrator and the woman in the wallpaper both represent imprisonment and freedom. Throughout the story, readers are able to be aware of the way in which the narrator is extremely confined and restricted. However, it is unsure whether or not the narrator realizes this or not. Then, the narrator sees a woman behind the yellow wallpaper, “creeping” (13). The word “creep” generally means to move slowly and carefully, to avoid being heard or noticed (Dictionary.com). This is proof that some individuals believe that women should not be heard or noticed, and women know this belief all too well. The woman is behind the wallpaper because she is restricted and unable to escape the imprisonment which she is in and she is creeping because she knows that she is not supposed to be loud or noticeable. By the end of the story, the narrator believes that she is the woman inside of the wallpaper. For example, while the narrator is describing the women who creep, she states, “I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did? But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope—you don 't get ME out in the road there! I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard! It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please (17). Instead of referring to the woman in the wallpaper as “the woman,” she begins to refer to her as “me.” This shows that the narrator realizes that she is being restricted and that she feels as if she was stuck inside of wallpaper unable to escape. The narrator and the woman in the wallpaper also represents freedom because the narrator tore down the yellow wallpaper so that the woman inside was able to escape. Therefore, since the woman inside the wallpaper is actually the narrator, she is free. After the narrator begins to creep outside of the wallpaper, she confirms to her husband that, “"I 've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane.