This story, entitled "The Yellow Wallpaper," is a not a feminist statement, but a true work of art; merely an artist using her talent. ... When reading "The Yellow Wallpaper", a reader cannot miss noticing the importance of the setting in which the action takes place. ... These symbols represent Gilman's view on the status of women in the patriarchal society of the nineteenth century. ... Gilman herself admits this as truth when in an essay entitled "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper", she states, "It is a description of a case of nervous breakdown beginning something as mine did, and trea...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Madness: The True Sanity in ˜The Yellow Wallpaper' " Ellie McGuire 4/11/14 "The Yellow Wallpaper " by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story depicting a woman's dissent into madness. ... Within "The Yellow Wallpaper, " the narrator's descent into madness is a higher form of sanity as she rejects and escapes the insane society that imprisons her. ... Not only does Gilman introduce the narrator without a name to illustrate her oppressive reality, but Gilman also outlines the narrator's compliance as she agrees to the treatment her husband suggests. ... Imme...

• Word Count: 1676
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate