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In the short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman writes about a wife and her husband, who’s named John. The narrative is the wife, and she is being oppressed by John. Throughout the wife describes the wallpaper, with many symbolic meanings. Reflecting their role in society, women were often in a position that is dominated by men. Especially in the nineteenth century, women were repressed and controlled by their husbands as …

…The color yellow represents coward or fear. The wife didn’t stand up for her self. For instance in the story the narrator is writing about her situation, and she said “there comes John, and I must put this away, he hates to have me write a word.” John has his wife intimidated by his presents. In the 19th century, females acted in that way because the men in the society were the dominate gender.