Furthermore, she cannot do one thing that she loves the most: writing. ... Though The Yellow Wallpaper is fiction, it was based on Gilman's own experience after being diagnosed as hysteric and prescribed a rest cure which prohibited her writing. ... Still, she manages to disobey her husband and write her journal without him knowing it. ... Edna's dependency disturbed her from her work, although she is not prohibited from doing what she likes, while the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper is told to keep away from writing by her "loving" husband. ...

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• Grade Level: High School