The yellow wallpaper
Title: The yellow wallpaper
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 918 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The yellow wallpaper
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 918 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Women's Identity and Independence in The Yellow Wallpaper
Although "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is fiction, it can be considered
almost like Gilman's autobiography since Gilman's life seemed to parallel
her main character's life. What Gilman was trying to express in this work
is women's fight for identity and independence (professional work) which
are stripped from them by marriage and motherhood. (p799)
In the story, a woman who just gave birth had some complications which resulted in
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her independence from John and her writings. At the end
of the story, John faints at the site of Gilman "creeping" around the
perimeter of her room. She keeps crawling around and around over his body
every time she circled around. "...so that I had to creep over him every
time!" (p812) This can be taken as women's struggle for their
independence and identity and that they will not stop for anything in
their path.