Symbolism There are a few different elements of the setting that contributes to the story. The central symbol is the yellow wallpaper, I believe Gilman was trying to use the woman stuck in the wallpaper to symbolize the social position women played in society at the time. Gilman tries to show ...
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman writes about how the woman loathed the wallpaper. ... The patterns in the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper" during the day showed the wear and tear of innocence from the children that used the room from previous owners. ... The room which the woman stayed most of her days in "The Yellow Wallpaper" was her demise. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the husband wanted nothing but the best for his wife. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the woman in the second layer of the wallpaper was herself. ...
In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's, The Yellow Wallpaper and in Virginia Woolf's, A Room of Ones Own, we get a particular look into women's roles in a patriarchal society. ... In Gilman's, The Yellow Wallpaper, the narrators husband and other authority figures portray the main character as submissive and constantly belittle her opinions. ...
