"The Yellow Wallpaper,"" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is about a women battling postpartum depression during the late 19th century. ... The story ultimately reveals Gilman's opinion of Dr. ... This is seen in her constant analysis of the wallpaper while lying down (Yellow 491). ... She speaks of being angry and desperate and wanting to jump out the window (Yellow 496). ... She is told that if her condition does not improve, she will be moved and put under the care of Weir Mitchell (Yellow 491). ...

• Word Count: 889
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... Her first impression is of the ugly wallpaper; she has "never seen a worse paper in [he...

• 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. ... Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... Her first impression is of the ugly wallpaper; she has "never seen a worse paper i...

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

A Critical Analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper- "The Yellow Wall-Paper,"" a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was published in 1892, a time when a woman was supposed to be seen and not heard. ... "The Yellow Wall-Paper- is often considered Gilman's "masterpiece."" ... Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness. ... An article in Short Story Criticism suggests that it possibly could be what Gilman herself may have experienced during her battle with depression ("The Yellow Wallpaper- SSC, 119). ... (Gilman, "...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, is a story that exemplifies the common belief, during the 1800's, which held that women were too weak to handle stress and as a result, often collapsed under it. ... The Yellow Wallpaper is a fictitious account of a time when Gilman herself suffered a nervous breakdown. ... The house itself is an old mansion, and the yellow wallpaper in the character's bedroom seems to be really disturbing. ... The theme in The Yellow Wallpaper describes the struggle of women to live in a male-dominated society The narrator's husband is th...

• Word Count: 1298
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School