Part one of term paper
The “Yellow Wallpaper” is a Descent into Madness in the nineteenth century. During this period of Literature, women were often portrayed as submissive to men and often-characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. The “Yellow Wallpaper” presents the tragic story or a woman’s descen ...

Part two of term paper
... ““Yellow Wallpaper”” brilliantly illustrates this philosophy. The narrator’s declining mental health is reflected though the characteristics of the house she is trapped in and her husband, while trying to protect her, is actually destroying her. The narrator of the story goes with her doctor/husband to stay in a colonial mansion for the summer. The house is supposed to be a place where she can recover from severe postpartum depression. She loves her baby, but knows she is not able t ...