It is obvious in this short story that Gilman's view of this style of treatment only worsened things. ... John is also very patronizing through out the story; he refers to her as a "little girl" and insists that she take a room she does not like, as if she were a child. In fact, the room she is to stay in used to be a nursery. ... From the narrator's point of view we had this fact hidden throughout the story. ... In this story the theme and point of view interlace and work together to create an intense description of an almost child-like prescription for overcoming depression. ...

• Word Count: 1298
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Gilman's main character is over come by the wallpaper in her room, but she is also faced with society discriminating against her because she is a woman. ... The bars on the window in her room symbolize her being locked in a jail cell. ... All night long she paces around the room trying to catch the woman who is trapped inside the wallpaper. ... Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman both use naturalistic themes throughout their short stories "To Build a Fire" and "The Yellow Wallpaper". ... Although London and Gilman have very different styles of writing, their characters face the s...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Gilman develops the theme by using allegories, first-person point of view, and imagery to tell her work of fiction. ... When the narrator describes her room, the wallpaper in the nursery, she uses brilliant imagery. ... She starts observing the nursery that her husband has made her stay in because he did not see any reason to more her to a different room. ... Therefore, she could start all over with a clean slate, and she will become happy with herself. The reader could also see it as starting over with a new wall to decorate. ...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

To me, somebody with a sickness confined to one room for an extended amount of time should not feel this way about the room they are in. ... In literature, traditionally this would symbolize a prospect of possibilities, but now it becomes a view to a world she may not want to take part in. ... The wallpaper basically enhanced the overall theme of depression and everything that went into it, repressed sexuality being one. ... To go along with the preceding examples is the underlying fact that Jane is pregnant with John's child throughout the story. ... All people look at this story fr...

• Word Count: 1684
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

But this grief would foster an irrepressible need to fight for the independence of women and reconstruction of society's view. This is one of the major themes that the short story The Yellow Wallpaper is based upon. ... Here again, Gilman has the uncanny ability to combine aspects of her life with that of the story. ... "It disgusts and fascinates her" (Hedges 51) at the same time, as did her relationship with her husband. ... The Connecticut Writer's confirm that in the summer of 1886, Charlotte, herself, was in fact, isolated in a room in a l...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School