... and females, Gilman had a firm feminist perspective. Feeling trapped inside a world of inferiority and depression, she uses symbolism to portray her confined emotions. The most apparent symbol in Gilman's story is the representation of the yellow wallpaper in the nursery where the protagonist, assuming it is herself, spends the majority of her time. The wallpaper symbolizes the object of Gilman ... 's imprisonment. She quotes, "I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design," (598). This statement hints to ...

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... creep along through the home's estate. Evident by her writings, the woman is clearly going insane, but her husband's denial and foolish pride of being a physician quotes him to tell her she "really is better, whether [she] can see it or not." (190). He's convinced he can sway her into believing him, ... was so much more to dedicate his expertise to than anything in his own home, that he neglected the person who needed him the most. The story ends after she has stripped the walls and John enters to seeing her crawling around the bare room, and then faints. This was the catalyst ... that...

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