In the 19th century, the gender role in the American society was extremely different and separate compared to the gender role nowadays. The world of male chauvinism was appreciated on that century, where men believed that the "proper sphere for a woman was the house" (Thomas). ... the doctor's advice and wrote The Yellow Wallpaper as an "ultimately recovering of some measure of power" (Gilman). The Yellow Wallpaper was read on its first decade as a piece of horror fiction, situated in the Gothic genre (Shmoop). However, the story shows signs of feminist thoughts regarding of different things...

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