The room described in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is perceived similar to a cell, one from a prison or perhaps an insane asylum, with descriptions like the “windows are barred” and the “heavy bed that will not move” the room is big but to the character it seems she has been imprisoned (Gilman 131,142). The traditional methods of isolation as a cure for mental illnesses is criticized by Gilman as an outlandish tradition based on the symbols used such as the bed and barred windows in her
The room described in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is perceived similar to a cell, one from a prison or perhaps an insane asylum, with descriptions like the “windows are barred” and the “heavy bed that will not move” the room is big but to the character it seems she has been imprisoned (Gilman 131,142). The traditional methods of isolation as a cure for mental illnesses is criticized by Gilman as an outlandish tradition based on the symbols used such as the bed and barred windows in her