According to Short Stories for Students Gilman was not only a prominent feminist but also a radical social thinker at the turn of the century (SSS. 277).The theme of the short story is the social imprisonment of womankind. ... (Kirszner & Mandell, 2001) On the surface, the short story appears to be about a woman who is ill and is being taken care of by her adoring husband, John. Which according to the Short Stories for Students, John is a doctor that strongly believes in the rest cure that was "developed by real-life neurologist Dr. ... Throughout the story, John pushes his influences on his w...

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

The Yellow Wallpaper The short story, Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person and it is from our nameless character's writings that we are introduced to her world and her life. ... This effective tone and method Gilman uses to write this story allows the reader to see what the narrator is going through, where as if this story was told from someone else's perspective, it would not have been as real and understanding. ... According to the Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 9 the real purpose of the story was to reach Dr. ... As mentioned...

• Word Count: 2055
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

These issues were not only the influences that led her to write The Yellow Wallpaper, but the story is a mirror image of her life. ... This is one of the major themes that the short story The Yellow Wallpaper is based upon. Kuhns 3 One point that I find very intriguing in the short story is the yellow wallpaper itself and the description of it by the narrator. ... This statement is true in both Gilman's life and it's recreation in the story. ... Here again, Gilman has the uncanny ability to combine aspects of her life with that of the story. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story takes the form of a journal of the main character. ... Gilman has suffered an extreme mental depression as the result of psychiatric treatments, prior to writing this short story. ... Weir Mitchell treated me with what I considered the inevitable result, progressive insanity" (Gilman 102). ... The wall between the reality and the fantastic world slowly becomes transparent; the reader is allowed short glimpses inside the world beyond reality, when the humanoid face in the wallpaper seems to move. As Jane's attention is more and more devoted to the wallpaper's peculiar charac...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate