Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses literary devices such as imagery, metaphor, anthropomorphism, and a stream-of-consciousness narrative to depict the journey to self-discovery through the lens of progressive mental illness in The Yellow Wallpaper. ... The author juxtaposes the revelation of the woman behind the wallpaper with the narrator being denied a trip to visit her cousins. ... " (Gilman, 310). ... " (Gilman, 313). ... Male authority figures dominate the life of the narrator in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. ...

• Word Count: 1342
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• 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."" ... Gilman uses many different forms of imagery to show her spiral transgress to the other side. ... For example, when she asks to visit "Cousin Henry and Julia-(Gilman "Yellow- 174), he says that she is not able to go, and she would not be able to stand it after she got there. ... That is ...

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