... let us know it has nothing to do with that. He seems to relish in the fact that even 50 years later, no one is any the wiser to what happened. While mental illness may be a little subtler in Montressor's case, it is a prominent theme in Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. Our nameless narrator is depressed, possibly suffering from post-partum depression since we know that ... she has recently had a baby as well as exhibiting typical symptoms (paranoia, anxiety, emptiness). Charlotte Gilman actually suffered from depression herself and the treatments used on her are believed to be h...

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