... from her condition where she is not allowed to do anything but rest and sleep. Furthermore, she cannot do one thing that she loves the most: writing. "I must put this away, -he hates to have me write a word." She spends most of her time in a room with yellow wallpaper ... time." Though The Yellow Wallpaper is fiction, it was based on Gilman's own experience after being diagnosed as hysteric and prescribed a rest cure which prohibited her writing. However, The Yellow Wallpaper is more than a case study in mental illness or a horror story it is a story of a dominant/submissive relationship...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School