The Yellow Wallpaper 2
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
the dominant/submissive relationship between an
oppressive husband and his submissive wife pushes her
from depression into insanity.
Flawed human nature seems to play a great role in her
breakdown. Her husband, a noted physician, is unwilling
to admit that there might really be something wrong with
his wife. This same attitude is seen in her brother, who is
also a physician. While this attitude, and the …
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…and I don't want to have anybody come
in, till John comes. I want to astonish him." (Gilman 203).
I see no reason for this other than to force him to see that
he was wrong, and, since she knew he couldn't tolerate
hysteria, to drive him away.
Works Cited
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The Yellow Wallpaper." 1892.
The New England Magazine. Reprinted in "Lives &
Moments - An Introduction to Short Fiction" by Hans
Ostrom. Hold, Orlando, FL 1991.
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