The Yellow Wallpaper The short story, Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person and it is from our nameless character's writings that we are introduced to her world and her life. ... - The smell of the room itself is a symbol of male dominance: "It is not bad -at first, and very gentle, but quite the subtlest, most enduring odor I ever met."" ... More like a mirror, the yellow wallpaper reflects what our main character is really going through and feeling. ... The story continues to progress as she deconstructs and analyzes the wallpaper until the c...

• Word Count: 2055
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Gilman uses the wallpaper of the room to convey the mental state of the woman being kept in the house. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman writes about how the woman loathed the wallpaper. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman conveyed that love was enough for the woman to not fight back about the room she was in. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the husband wanted nothing but the best for his wife. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the woman in the second layer of the wallpaper was herself. ...

• Word Count: 777
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School