Outline For The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892, depicted the
medical care of depression and beliefs of that era and the treatment of women. 2. The struggle in
the story was an unnamed writer and her husband, John, who was a physician and was treating
his wife for depression. 3. The author was the protagonist who was ill and found her being
placed in a rundown mansion situated in a rural area, far from society. 4. Her husband, the
antagonist, thought it was best for her to recuperate in a quiet and desolate surrounding. 5. The
tormented author fought with a bout of depression or oppression, both expressed by statements
directed toward her husband. 6. The imprisoned woman was compelled to free herself from …show more content…
I would not classify the
book as a horror story.
1. In addition to the other critics, Conrad Schumaker, explained that Gilman’s story was
about the domineering role the husband played during this particular era. 2.“Though he is
clearly a domineering husband who wants to have absolute control over his wife, John also
has other reasons for forbidding her to write or paint” (Schumaker). 3. Schumaker was
referring to the treatment he recommended for his wife, rest for exhaustion. 4. Not only did he
fear her “work” but was “fearful and contemptuous of her imaginative and artistic powers”
(Shumaker). 5. He also explains that” their relationship offers an insight into how and why
this fear of the imagination has been institutionalized through assigned gender roles”
(Schumaker).
1. Even though the main character was determined to set herself free and became
captivated by the wallpaper which is all she focused on: “at night in any kind of light, in
twilight, candlelight, and worst by moonlight, she visualizes a woman creeping behind the
wallpaper who said; “Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady
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medical care of depression and beliefs of that era and the treatment of women. 2. The struggle in
the story was an unnamed writer and her husband, John, who was a physician and was treating
his wife for depression. 3. The author was the protagonist who was ill and found her being
placed in a rundown mansion situated in a rural area, far from society. 4. Her husband, the
antagonist, thought it was best for her to recuperate in a quiet and desolate surrounding. 5. The
tormented author fought with a bout of depression or oppression, both expressed by statements
directed toward her husband. 6. The imprisoned woman was compelled to free herself from …show more content…
I would not classify the
book as a horror story.
1. In addition to the other critics, Conrad Schumaker, explained that Gilman’s story was
about the domineering role the husband played during this particular era. 2.“Though he is
clearly a domineering husband who wants to have absolute control over his wife, John also
has other reasons for forbidding her to write or paint” (Schumaker). 3. Schumaker was
referring to the treatment he recommended for his wife, rest for exhaustion. 4. Not only did he
fear her “work” but was “fearful and contemptuous of her imaginative and artistic powers”
(Shumaker). 5. He also explains that” their relationship offers an insight into how and why
this fear of the imagination has been institutionalized through assigned gender roles”
(Schumaker).
1. Even though the main character was determined to set herself free and became
captivated by the wallpaper which is all she focused on: “at night in any kind of light, in
twilight, candlelight, and worst by moonlight, she visualizes a woman creeping behind the
wallpaper who said; “Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady
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