She notices every tear and discoloration within the wallpaper. ... From that point on it takes only a brief period of time before she starts to make the wallpaper come to life with the ideas of women being caught behind the wallpaper. ... The "yellow" can be the representation of her room, confined, not allowed to do as she wished and to not have any input. ... By giving into the life of the "yellow", she could consider herself freed from the confines of her husband fussing over her. ... The green world was foreign to her; the yellow world was what she was familiar with and comfortable with. ...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The true meaning of the story "The Yellow Wallpaper," written by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, makes one think about the meaning of sanity. ... Her husband has told his wife that she shall sleep in the upstairs room with the yellow wallpaper which begins to irritate her. She says "The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.... In conclusion, this woman goes from being completely normal and in a good state but then lets her husband, her child and room with yellow wallpaper destroy her and change her insanity. ...

• Word Count: 1251
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School