... patients will be given the appropriate treatment. It is similar to the Phisician's Desk Refference or PDR. The main character in "The Yellow Wall-paper" shows many symptoms that are out of the ordinary; different than what our society deems normal behavior. Her psychologist would analyze her symptoms and ... condition. As the narration unfolds however we begin to read first hand her of her depression. These beggin with her description of the wall paper, "lame uncertain curves suddenly commit suicide destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions (170). These statements on their own wou...

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... her metamorphosis than the house itself is the room she is in, specifically the characteristics of that room, the most important being the yellow wall-paper which also plays a double role; it has the ability to trap her in with its intricacy of pattern, and leads her to satisfying end. ... that are holding in, or keeping out, our main character from her own psyche, illustrating the separation of her conflicts of herself. She describes the wall-paper as being the worst thing she has ever seen: "The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the ...

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... of womankind. Gilman develops the theme by using allegories, first-person point of view, and imagery to tell her work of fiction. "The Yellow Wall-Paper- is often considered Gilman's "masterpiece."" (Kirszner & Mandell, 2001) On the surface, the short story appears to be about a woman who is ill ... story, he or she realizes that the plot is about a husband who is desperately trying to control his wife. On the surface, "The Yellow Wall-Paper,"" appears to be about a new mother suffering from a nervous disorder. The new mother is instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimu...

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... Is one of the first of many examples of his determination to control his spouse during a time of "serous mental condition". The room with yellow wall-paper symbolizes the unsaid battle between the husband and wife. The wife suffers from a "nervous condition" and John prescribes medications and tonics to help her control ... dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study." Subconsciously she begins to tie the feeling of being controlled to the paper. The narrator loves to express herself by writing in a journal. John feels like this...

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... ugly wallpaper, she insisted moving to another room she liked better, but "he would not hear of it." When she said she at least wanted the paper changed he accepted, at first, but then retracted citing that "nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies." Another example ... she is still far from understanding it all, (again, as if speaking of what is inside her mind) she affirms, "There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will." Gilman, to say the least, makes an expert use of symbolism here, for eventually the narrator makes an ... impo...

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Seeing Yellow In "The Yellow Wall-Paper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman shows us how sometimes if others tell us that something is true, it seems that we make it come true. This is called the self-fulfilling prophecy. ... ...

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... curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide- plunge off outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions (275)." The narrator finally describes that the paper is a repellant color that almost is revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by slow-turning sunlight. All of these facts about the setting the ... what a vicious influence it had on her. The narrator is confined to the room so much that she begins to see objects appear within the paper. She states that there is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbou...

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... think for herself. This theme is revealed through the wife by her writings in her journal about her and her husband, her imaginations in the yellow wall-paper, people that she imagines, and the moment she goes completely insane. It is shown in the wife's journal entries about her and her husband, just ... judgment, her condition begins to worsen. It is soon revealed that her condition begins to worsen when she begins to imagine people and things in the wall-paper. The first thing that happens that gives evidence that her condition is worse is when she says, "I always fancy I see people w...

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... removing in a three month rental. The longer she is enclosed in the yellow room the worse her condition becomes. Jane starts to see shapes of discoloration in the paper, and soon begins to see eyes staring back at her through the yellow covering. In her writings she comments on a smell that is believed to be coming from ... it she means what or who is behind the wallpaper looking back at her. Jane notices that the image in the wallpaper is moving. "The woman behind the paper shakes it" she says. She takes note of the woman crawling around, then sitting still, and then crawling around aga...

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... 's focus from herself to itself. When the narrator first moves into the bedroom, she expresses disappointment, especially about the wallpaper. She "never saw a worse paper in [her] life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin." At first, the narrator seems to focus a lot on the "lame uncertain ... her from thinking "I wish I could get well faster," and results to "but I must not think about that. This paper- As her condition worsens, the narrator begins to see things in this paper that has such a "vicious influence" on her. She begins to see "a strange, ...

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... in words in fear of her condition. When the key character settles into her room, she describes the wallpaper in different ways. First she describes the paper as, "It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough constantly to irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame ... formless sort of figure that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design." (598). That figure that she sees is herself in the paper. Then the main character cannot seem to decipher between reality and fantasy. The yellow wallpaper also acts as physical entrapmen...

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... the stairs. Even more disturbing to the narrator, however, is the yellow wallpaper, peeling or pulled off the walls in strips. In the beginning, the paper's pattern jolts and annoys the narrator's sensibilities, but later her attitude has a bizarre change. The narrator's morbid fascination with the yellow wallpaper is the first ... the wallpaper is a woman, trapped like herself. The woman behind the wallpaper becomes an obsession. The narrator begins to crawl, like the woman behind the paper, around the edge of the room, making a groove or "smooch" on the wall. The narrator begins to catc...

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... nursery that has been transformed into a bedroom. The narrator complains adamantly about the wallpaper in the room. John refuses to change the paper, citing that it only fuels her condition by giving into the fancies in her head. Upon being forced to contend with this ... the pattern jumps all over the wall, the woman's mind jumps in all directions. Towards the end of the story the narrator recognizes a woman trapped behind the paper. This represents herself. With her prescription of constant rest, the woman is simply trapped within her own mind. She is torn with wanting to feel better, ...

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... should not feel this way about the room they are in. This ugly, almost evil wallpaper symbolizes a few different things. In her perception, the paper has eyes and exerts some sort of power over her. Hour after hour she lay in her bed, which is nailed to the floor, and tries ... the wallpaper, and eventually she determines that the pattern moves, because this woman behind is shaking it. Eventually, she begins to grow accustomed to the vicious paper and develops a kind of friendship with it. One distinctive part of the house that symbolizes not only her potential but also her trapped feeli...

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... wallpaper: as if they never go away, "all up and Williamson 2 down the line, one a little higher than the other" (Gilman 597). She refers to the paper as being "dull enough to confuse the eye in following" (Gilman 596). These "unblinking" eyes also terrify her to allow her to believe that she is trapped in ... allow her to write in her journal, "there comes John I might put this away" Gilman 596). However, the narrator's only way to say a word about anything is on paper. She says, "I must say what I feel and think in same way" (599). Unfortunately she has to depend on him and what he thi...

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... lies within these next lines, which begin to show us her abysmal thoughts. "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wall-paper. Perhaps because of the wall-paper. It dwells in the mind so!" (474) Here, the narrator explains to the reader her feelings for a particular room that she has been ... forced to live in, as it grows on her. The wall-paper represents the narrator's "repressed other" or "suppressed self," and that is why it dwells in her mind. This passage makes it apparent to the reader that ... apparent in later lines when she talks of herself laying on the bed and t...

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... anyone's would be; very defensive. She later becomes attached to the room. "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wall-paper. Perhaps because of the wall-paper. It dwells in the mind so!" Here, the narrator explains to the reader her feelings for a particular room that she has been forced to ... live in, as it grows on her. The wall-paper represents the narrator's "repressed other" or "suppressed self," and that is why it dwells in her mind. This passage makes it apparent to the reader ... apparent in later lines when she talks of herself laying on the bed and trying to f...

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... presents the woman, who is suffering from Post-Pardum Syndrome, as being belittled throughout the story by her domineering husband, the all-knowing physician. "The Yellow Wall-Paper" has a common theme of a child-like reference, which the husband constantly exploits on his wife. He uses it so much that she takes on the ... the social status that is expected of him as a doctor, as well as a husband. The only source of expression the narrator has is the "dead paper" (Page 833) she writes on, despite her husband's request for her not to write. The narrator knows that she must express hersel...

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... our main character even more in a comma like life. Over the course of few weeks, she begins to exhibit signs of paranoia. The yellow wall paper has imprisoned her in this room and the development begins. At first she absolutely hates it and then as she slips farther and farther out of reality, ... the wall is literally her shadow, which is found out when the housekeeper mentions the yellow stains on all of her clothes. "Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched, that she has found yellow smooches on all my clothes and John's, and she wished we would be more careful! I'm f...

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... , she starts associating the wallpaper with her feelings as she is angered by it, "I wish I could get well faster. But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!" (Gilman ln. 64-6). The narrator also begins to see living things such as eyes in the ... Both the author and narrator of the story have struggled with trying to break through the cycle of depression. She begins to get very angry at the paper, and refuses to let anyone in on her secret. The narrator does this in desperation to not have those around her find out what is goin...

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... was up. The woman starts out telling us that, "John is a physician, and perhaps-(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is a dead paper and a great relief to my mind) - perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster". The woman thought that since her husband was a doctor, he would give ... great heavy bed, which is all we found in the room, looks as if it has been through wars. But I don't mind it a bit- only the paper". This yellow wallpaper has really irritated her to the point that she has stared at it so much that she has made this yellow wallpaper come alive....

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... . I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long- (675). As her illness progresses, though, she becomes obsessed with the unusual pattern of the paper, and the reader realizes the paper is symbolic of her mental struggle. She studies the wallpaper often, trying to discern some sort of pattern. But in her studies, she discovers that in certain lights ... begins tearing the wallpaper from the wall. She locks herself in the room with a rope, so when she rescues the woman from the paper she can keep her from escaping the room. Then she continues to peel the paper. When at last sh...

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... short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a cry for freedom. This story is about a woman who fights for her right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to ... , the woman tells the men she is sick but they believe differently. "John is a physician, and perhaps- (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind-) perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!"(507) The men are under the ... character, sees herself in the wallpaper. She states: "...

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... ! The outside pattern, I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be." Gilman sees scary patterns and an imprisoned woman trying to escape in the paper. The woman that she sees behind the paper is herself. Gilman is so fixated with the paper until she finally escapes from her husband and the confines of room by peeling all of the ... paper off the walls in her room. Gilman writes "The Yellow Wallpaper" in hopes that she can inform Mitchell of the error in his ways. She sent him a copy of her ... ...

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... room she clearly despises. This action only represents that John concludes that she belongs in a nursery. The narrator describes the room: I never saw worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling, flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough constantly ... the woman who creeps behind the wallpaper. In order to get to the woman behind the wallpaper the narrator would have to strip away the paper, or "only if that top pattern could be gotten off from the under one"(479 Gilman)! To free the woman the narrator woul...

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