Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" are two quite incredible short stories of madness, though they are both different in scenario. ... Temporary madness can lead to permanent madness, as was shown in Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper". ... In Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper", we can see that the nature of madness represented here is induced but the husband, John. ... Whereas, Gilman's madness is relatively on the lighter side, and near the end quite humorous. ...

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The classic tales "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe, and " The Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, have strong gothic horror elements. ... In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's " The Yellow Wallpaper", the narrator and protagonist, an unnamed woman is suffering from a mental illness. ... Gilman continues to add gothic elements through the woman's point of view. ... The bedroom also has yellow wallpaper that the woman describes as the worst paper she has seen in her life, "committing every artistic sin"(451). ... "The Cask of Amontadillo" and "The Yellow Wallpape...

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While mental illness may be a little subtler in Montressor's case, it is a prominent theme in Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. ... Charlotte Gilman actually suffered from depression herself and the treatments used on her are believed to be her inspiration for writing this story. ... To make matters worse, her husband "scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures" (Gilman). 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...

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Descent into Madness The descent into madness takes place in both story's the Tell Tale Heart and The Yellow Wallpaper. ... The Yellow Wallpaper deals with a women who is experiencing psychological difficulties. ... In the Yellow Wallpaper he women becomes so disillusioned and obsessed with the wallpaper that objects begin to appear. ... New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc. 1961 Gilman, Charlotte P. The Yellow Wallpaper. ...

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