"The Yellow Wallpaper" is symbolic of the roles women had in the 1800s. ... The narrator tells the story of a young mother who came to a summer home to "rest" from her nervous condition. ... Suffering from a "nervous problem" which may have been triggered by postpartum, the narrator stayed in a nursery "with windows that are barred for little children" and it was covered with ugly yellow wallpaper. ... Being locked in the room with no interaction other than being watched by her husband's sister the narrator indulged her feelings into her journal, "quite alone" and "hedges and walls and...

• Word Count: 431
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is about a married woman struggling with an illness and is confined to a single room unable to do what she loves, which is to write. ... "The Yellow Wallpaper" explores the themes of gender and freedom and how it affects the women of the late 1800s. ... The theme of freedom reveals itself at the end of the story when the narrator started tearing down the wallpaper in the room. In the story the narrator is physically ripping the wallpaper apart. The wallpaper symbolizes that restraint that John has on her. ...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator is obviously suffering from a form of depression, probably "Baby blues". John keeps her in this yellow wallpapered bedroom where the wallpaper expresses itself more than the narrator is allowed. ... I felt that if John would have allowed the narrator to express her feelings and allowed her to do "busy work" that the narrator could have possibly pulled herself out of this hole of depression she was in. ... When she sees the woman in the wallpaper apparently trying to free herself this was a turning point for the narrator. ... The crawling around the floor after she tore down all th...

• Word Count: 274
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The Yellow Wall-Paper In the nineteenth century, women were repressed and controlled by their husbands and male influences The narrator of the story is repressed and represents the oppression of women in society. ... Strong dominate male and submissive female Pulling the wallpaper down was a symbol of feminism being released from bondage. ...

• Word Count: 287
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

In looking at "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman, we will consider the tone and narrative structures in each story. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman's point of view is expressed through first person narration, which provides her readers with short views into the other characters" perception of her and her perceptions of them. The narrator is discovering her fellow woman (herself) imprisoned in the pattern of men, she determines to tear off the paper and free her: "As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shak...

• Word Count: 710
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School