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. ...

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Women were valued very little by nineteenth century society. The treatment of these women was also extremely negative; they were expected to stay home and fulfill domestic duties. Literature of this time embodies and mirrors social issues of women in society. Henrik Ibsen uses Nora Helmer in A Doll ...

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