The answer may lie in some of the other themes in this short story. There are three very important themes that are easily recognizable if one is able to look past the looming intention that the story is merely about insanity: the subordination of women in marriage, the importance of self-expression, and "the resting cure ". One of the most aggravating underlying themes in this short story is the subordination of women in marriage. Throughout the entire short story, the reader can see that the speaker's husband, John, continuously talks down to her and treats her as if she is a child. ......

• Word Count: 1130
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Mitchell's ineffective treatment came to life in the story "The Yellow Wallpaper." ... Hedges, she points out how the wallpaper symbolized the gross lack of women' rights (Short 119). ... Hedges also suggests that the wallpaper symbolizes the way men view women (Short 120). ... Though ultimately she is broken by insanity, the narrator never gives up and triumphantly creeps over her husband at the end. ... The short story not only studies the complications within a marital relationship, it examines a woman's struggle with mental illness and the hardships of inequality between the...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School