A Womans Struggle Captured in The Yellow Wallpaper -- Yellow Wallpape

A Womans Struggle Captured in The Yellow Wallpaper Pregnancy and childbirth are real emotional times in a womans life and manywomen suffer from the baby blues. The innocent nickname for postpartumdepression is deceptive because it down plays the acrimony of this condition.Although she was not formally diagnosed with postpartum depression, CharlottePerkins Gilman (1860-1935) developed a severe depression after the birth ofher only child (Kennedy et. al. 424). Unfortunately, she was treated by Dr. S.Weir Mitchell, who forbade her to write and prescribe only bed rest and quietfor recoin truth (Kennedy et al. 424). Her condition only worsened andultimately resulted in divorce (Kennedy and Gioia 424). Gilmans literaryindictment of Dr. Mitchells ineffective interference came to life in the storyThe Yellow Wallpaper. On the surface, this gothic tale seems only to relateone womans contest with mental illness, but because Guilman was a outstandingfeminist and social thinker she incorpor ated themes of womens rights and thepoor relationships between husbands and wives (Kennedy and Gioia 424).Guilman cleverly manipulates the setting to support her themes and set the eeriemood.Upon first reading The Yellow Wallpaper, the lector may see the relationshipbetween the narrator and her husband John as caring, but with examination onewill find that the narrator is repeatedly belittled and demeaned by herhusband. On first arriving at the vacation home John chooses the old atticnursery against his wifes wishes and laughs at her when she complains aboutthe wallpaper (Kennedy et al. 424,425). In Charlotte Brontes novel plainul J... ... intercessions of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, but contains much more than one expects.The short story not only studies the complications within a maritalrelationship, it examines a womans effort with mental illness and thehardships of inequality between the sexes. The setting plays an important roleto strengthen the themes and also makes the indorser question the innocence andsimplicity of what is related to him. whole kit CitedBronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York Signet Classic, 1960 Kennedy, X.J. and Dan Gioia. Literature an Introduction to Fiction, poetry, and Drama.Sixth Edition. New York Harper Collins College Publishers Inc., 1995.Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 9. Detroit Gale explore Inc.,1983. Hodges, Elaine R. Short Story Criticism. Vol. 13. Detroit Gale explore Inc., 1993. A Womans Struggle Captured in The Yellow Wallpaper -- Yellow WallpapeA Womans Struggle Captured in The Yellow Wallpaper Pregnancy and childbirth are very emotional times in a womans life and manywomen suffer from the baby blues. The innocent nickname for postpartumdepression is deceptive because it down plays the callousness of this condition.Although she was not formally diagnosed with postpartum depression, CharlottePerkins Gilman (1860-1935) developed a severe depression after the birth ofher only child (Kennedy e t. al. 424). Unfortunately, she was treated by Dr. S.Weir Mitchell, who forbade her to write and electropositive only bed rest and quietfor recovery (Kennedy et al. 424). Her condition only worsened andultimately resulted in divorce (Kennedy and Gioia 424). Gilmans literaryindictment of Dr. Mitchells ineffective treatment came to life in the storyThe Yellow Wallpaper. On the surface, this gothic tale seems only to relateone womans struggle with mental illness, but because Guilman was a declamatoryfeminist and social thinker she incorporated themes of womens rights and thepoor relationships between husbands and wives (Kennedy and Gioia 424).Guilman cleverly manipulates the setting to support her themes and set the eeriemood.Upon first reading The Yellow Wallpaper, the reader may see the relationshipbetween the narrator and her husband John as caring, but with examination onewill find that the narrator is repeatedly belittled and demeaned by herhusband. On first arriving at the vaca tion home John chooses the old atticnursery against his wifes wishes and laughs at her when she complains aboutthe wallpaper (Kennedy et al. 424,425). In Charlotte Brontes novel plainul J... ...treatments of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, but contains much more than one expects.The short story not only studies the complications within a maritalrelationship, it examines a womans struggle with mental illness and thehardships of inequality between the sexes. The setting plays an important roleto strengthen the themes and also makes the reader question the innocence andsimplicity of what is related to him. work CitedBronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York Signet Classic, 1960 Kennedy, X.J. and Dan Gioia. Literature an Introduction to Fiction, poetry, and Drama.Sixth Edition. New York Harper Collins College Publishers Inc., 1995.Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 9. Detroit Gale Research Inc.,1983. Hodges, Elaine R. Short Story Criticism. Vol. 13. Detroit Gale Research Inc., 1993.