In The Yellow Wallpaper, originally published in 1899, Charlotte Gilman presents the internal dialogue of a woman diagnosed with "hysteria- and for whom total rest has been prescribed. ... The misdiagnosis of depression and anxiety leads the woman on a downward spiral that eventually causes her to perceive the yellow wallpaper in her room as a projection of herself. ... The narrator initiates the story by describing a beautiful, but prison-like house, run by the protagonist's husband that both realistically and symbolically confines his wife. ... The protagonist and the woman in the wa...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In The Yellow Wallpaper, originally published in 1899, Charlotte Gilman presents the internal dialogue of a woman diagnosed with "hysteria- and for whom total rest has been prescribed. ... The misdiagnosis of depression and anxiety leads the woman on a downward spiral that eventually causes her to perceive the yellow wallpaper in her room as a projection of herself. ... The narrator initiates the story by describing a beautiful, but prison-like house, run by the protagonist's husband that both realistically and symbolically confines his wife. ... The protagonist and the woman in t...

• Word Count: 829
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While mental illness may be a little subtler in Montressor's case, it is a prominent theme in Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. ... We see the narrator, while being kept in isolation, slowly lose her mind over time. ... Because her husband is condescending to her, she is not able to confide in him about her obsession with the wallpaper, ultimately leading to her psychotic break. The bedroom the narrator was staying in – with bars on the windows and a chained-down bed – resembled a prison. ... In the end we see the narrator believe that she actually came from the wa...

• Word Count: 799
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate