Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," is a story about a new mother suffering from a temporary nervous depression. ... During their three month stay at the house the narrator becomes increasingly depressed and eventually slips into insanity. In this story, Gilman uses symbolism to reveal some themes associated with "The Yellow Wallpaper.... It presented the idea that the oppression of women caused by their Victorian gender roles, is what bred insanity. The yellow wallpaper also symbolically suggested that the suffocation of creativity and intel...

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