Once the narrator determines that the image is in fact a woman struggling to become free, she somehow aligns herself with the woman. ... The narrator wants the women to be free of the paper just as bad as she wants to be looked at as a sane person as well as being allowed to read and write again without being scolded by her mentally and vocally abusive, overpowering husband. ... As a female in the twentieth century, reading this story, I had this overwhelming desire to free this narrator from her husband and the rest of the males in her life. ... Many of her attempts were turned down wi...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator wants to set this woman free, so she peels off the yellow wallpaper. ... Her struggle to set the woman in the wallpaper free symbolized her fight for independence. ... Edna leaves to see her friend, Adele, and when she comes home, there is a note that is left by Robert Lebrun that says, "I love you. ... It is not a coincidence that last pages of the book's final chapter are dominated with the issue of motherhood. ... The Robert's note makes her understand not just t...

• Word Count: 2531
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School