“The Yellow Wallpaper is a small literary masterpiece. For almost fifty years it has been overlooked, as has its author, one of the most commanding feminists of her time” (her progress towards Utopia with selected writings 123) as said in the article “Afterword to The Yellow Wallpaper” by Elaine R. Hedges. Elaine writes in the critical article that Charlotte Gilman is one of the America’

Only men and women who are weak (majority is the female population) are oppressed and sometimes abused by their wife’s, their husbands, the society, etc. People treat one as one will present himself or herself. If people present themselves as a strong, firm to their rights, then there would not be any mistreatment or subjugation. In a case with Charlotte she had a difficult childhood and was angry at her father for leaving her when she was a child. She could have written books to express her anger, her rage, and still not know that she was writing feministic novels and supporting the feminist ideals today.

Gilman presented her behavior in the story at the time when she separated from her husband, or as the feminist groups will say, the narrator presented the society of that time and the oppression of women. Throughout the story, the woman states her intentions, but then she does not act upon them because of her husband (she is weak), and writes, "What is one to do," as if she does not have any power or authority to do what she believes is best for her. This is further shown when she speaks of her husband and her brother, who "is also of high standing," showing the high ranking of men in society. But it is not the society that should drive her. Instead, she should have known how she should have been treated. Jane is the representation of a typical woman, "she is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession!" (434). Jane’s standards are as high as she made them. There are men in this world who don’t want more than to clean the streets or collect the garbage, and the society is not oppressing them. Nobody forced them to do what they do. “The oppression of women is shown when the woman tries to tell her husband how she feels, but he quickly hushes her and assures her that his prescription of rest is all that she needs

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