The Culture of The Yellow Wallpaper Through her many stories, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, developed the notion of how being a strong independent woman can be inspirational to all. The expression of her personal feelings and opinions behind the guise of a seemingly fictional story brings new life to the story itself. During the nineteenth century, there were many stereotypes of what was expected from women. In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman composes the story of a woman who suffers from
During a time where postpartum depression was characterized as just a nervous disorder, Charlotte Gilman wrote a short story about her experience with the unsuccessful rest cure doctors prescribed their female patients. Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper is fictional autobiography that she had hoped would expose the ineffectiveness of the rest cure her neurologist, S. Weir Mitchell, prescribed her after the birth of her daughter. The Yellow Wallpaper is a filled with many elements the female gothic genre
and Editha mourns this loss; however, she never comprehends her role in his death. “The Yellow Wall-paper,” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is told by journal entries of a nameless woman. The narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is isolated in the attic of a country house. She becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in her room and her minor illness turns to insanity. “Editha” and “The Yellow Wall-paper” both show the danger of gender stereotyping; each protagonist is marginalized