In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, the author uses symbolism in order to portray the narrator's fight to free herself from oppression. ... Her fight for and with the woman in the wallpaper symbolizes her fight for independence her and her struggle to survive. ... After sitting in the room day after day, the narrator starts to analyze the wallpaper as being the worst thing she has ever seen: " the color is repellent, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sun"(36). ... After staring at the horrible drawings , the narrator...

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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School