Gender Roles And Patriarchy In 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

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Beyond this current reality everyone finds themselves living in, could there be an alternative realm in which our inner embody is roaming around freely or even facing the troubles that one contains inside? In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the short story seems to be representing a tale of which the narrator 's mind projects into an imaginary realm where her inner self is trapped behind a dreadful wallpaper. The wallpaper signifies all the demons she faces like her husband and his high standing of being a Physician, her lack of having a say in her own life, and the judgments she faces every day on her sickness. Upon several examinations of the text, “The Yellow Wallpaper” shows stereotypical gender roles that women face, which she portrays as the women trapped behind the wallpaper. The thought of the narrator 's life of staying home all day to be taken care of by her husband and his sister, as well as having the husband go out and tarnish her reputation to her family and friends is such a dreadful thought. Apart from her husband John 's treatment is to keep her away from her family for a bit till she is better, but in order to do that he must disclose her well being with them. It is preposterous that her …show more content…

The Ugly Wallpaper represents the major things in her life that is making her feel trapped and unable to breathe. It is the lack of say she has over her own life because of her Physician husband, the schedule she is under holding her back from seeing the outside world and her family, and the judgement she faces everyday on her sickness as well as losing herself to the sickness that is consuming her due to the unethical way of treating her known as rest cure. The woman whom is truly trapped is taken to be her inner self who is trying to break free from the reality she faces, including letting out the many women behind the wallpaper who are trapped under a man 's

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