The central symbol is the yellow wallpaper, I believe Gilman was trying to use the woman stuck in the wallpaper to symbolize the social position women played in society at the time. ... The character of Jennie, I believe is the typical perfect woman for the time this story takes place in. ... The narrator sees her as a perfect woman and wonders why she can't be like Jennie. ...
The main point of view is of the narrator who is a married woman whom has a child, she is spending a summer in large house in the country. ... The "yellow" can be the representation of her room, confined, not allowed to do as she wished and to not have any input. ... By throwing away the key was a symbol that she had fully accepted this life she was forced to live. ... The green world was foreign to her; the yellow world was what she was familiar with and comfortable with. ... For all we know this could be a "crazy" woman, who can still comprehensively write, and this house for "rest" could in...
The character of Joe Dagget has many characteristics that a typical woman would desire in a man. ... She is advocating for women's freedom through the death of her family, when Louisa comes to recognize the great path of independence, and becomes a strong symbol of the strength of a woman as she is able to thrive on her own. ... Both ideas would refute the stereotype that a woman was dependent on a man. ... When Joe walks into Louisa's house, "a little yellow canary that had been asleep in his green cage at the south window woke up and fluttered wildly, beating his little yellow...
Characters Desiree: A young woman described by the narrator as "beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere." ... However, conversation between Desiree and Madame Valmonde indicates that he apparently found time for La Blanche, the slave woman whose name (French for white) suggests that she was of mixed heritage, with light skin that made her a tolerable sexual object for Armand. ...
When a woman gets married, the Chinese character is "嫁". ... In ancient China, a woman no longer belonged to the family clan of her parents after she got married, and she had to put her husband's family name before hers. ... Size Up a Prospective Mate Meeting The first time a man and a woman meet under the arrangement of the match-maker is referred to as "a matchmaking interview." ...
