The Yellow Wallpaper :: Charlotte Gilman

In a female authoritarian story about a muliebrity driven from postpartum low to insanity, Charlotte Gilman uses great elements of literature in her short story, The Yellow Wallpaper. Her use of womens lib and realism demonstrates how womans thoughts and opinions were considered in the early 1900?s. The theme of this story is feminism. Having gone through with(predicate) postpartum depression herself, Gilman?s story was strongly personal. During the time catch that she wrote it, woman?s rights were limited. The character in this story felt she knew shipway to rec all over herself from her depression, or ?baby blues?. Baby blues alike known as postpartum depression is a form of yucky depression after pregnancy delivery that requires treatment. Women may feel sadness, despair, anxiety, or irritability. The woman from the story wanted to get well and wanted to work. However, as a woman she was forbid by her married man to do this. alternatively she was isolated from society, fr om being able to work, do the things she loved, or take guardianship of her baby. The Yellow Wallpaper was written as a realism story. It showed how woman felt they had the same opportunities as men in their personal choices. In this story, the woman expressed her worries to her husband who through good intentions, required that his wife stay in bed 24/7, and not do any of the things she would normally do. In effect his wife became worse until she reached the limit. The behavior of the husband at this time was completely normal. Men were the higher power over women and women, like the one in this story, felt that they couldn?t stand count for themselves.