Part one of term paper
“The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells the story of a woman trapped in her own life. Set in the 1800’s, a time when women and men’s roles were strictly defined by society, the woman reveals her true to desire to break free from the confines of her marriage and her life. All the while, she experience ...

Part two of term paper
... ugly though it may be, symbolically putting her own views of herself onto it. Eventually, the woman loses all ability to distinguish reality from illusion and completely loses her mind. Gilman suggests to the reader that by accepting the norms and roles of society and thus repressing one’s true desires and feelings can only lead to a loss of identity and sanity. This attitude is brought to light in the reader’s mind through observance of the woman’s increasing mental instability ...