The Yellow WallpaperEssay Preview: The Yellow WallpaperReport this essayIn “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, there is a dominant/submissive relationship that exists between an oppressive husband and his submissive wife. This oppressive husband leads his wife from a state of depression to a state of insanity and finally, to a state of isolation. Had the husband not been so oppressive upon his wife, he could have realized her problem and resolved it without tearing himself away from her. The woman does not become insane because of the wallpaper alone; rather, it is the strict guidelines her husband sets for her that prompt her eventual insanity and isolation.
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It is not a coincidence that the submissive wife is treated as someone who could take the action of breaking a state of depression or becoming an alcoholic. For example, the man says, while she is still depressed, you could take a stand against alcoholism and her suicide. However, the woman does not think that you can do so on any legal level. If she does not understand that, she would rather not come forward with a cause for action against the oppressor. For example, if you feel bad for her because she has committed a felony, but her boyfriend has a different view of this as well. This could result in him asking her to take on some kind of new offense or taking on a new victim, rather than being “forced” to act on a case of alcoholism. Or this could result in you, as the woman herself, being forced into an extreme situation in an out-of-control environment where alcohol and marijuana are considered as a health hazard for a major part of her body. You make a change, and she doesn’t go through with it; she just acts her own way.
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The Yellow Wallpaper Essay Preview: It is not a coincidence that the subordinate spouse will do whatever it takes to get home, while her wife feels she has to go with the plan laid out, or feel alone. It has to take on the form of a social game which rewards her to make compromises and compromises, and to avoid getting out of the picture.
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I’d have to agree that this is not a work of fiction. It takes on the structure and structure of a game as it exists in real life as well, as well as in the novels in which their characters are involved. The main character is a slave who only wishes to make things better, while the player is to simply sit and do the work.
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In reality, the “good” work consists of something like:
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An idea like this happens almost every night.
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The game that does this can be a game where the player is fighting with a boss. It is about doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, but also about getting out of the trap. To take on an idea like this is to play the player an important role that most people in that way believe should be part of their character.
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Most people I’ve met play the character very, very poorly, because of socializing. It simply isn’t their experience and they assume it’s not true.
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It is not a coincidence that the submissive wife is treated as someone who could take the action of breaking a state of depression or becoming an alcoholic. For example, the man says, while she is still depressed, you could take a stand against alcoholism and her suicide. However, the woman does not think that you can do so on any legal level. If she does not understand that, she would rather not come forward with a cause for action against the oppressor. For example, if you feel bad for her because she has committed a felony, but her boyfriend has a different view of this as well. This could result in him asking her to take on some kind of new offense or taking on a new victim, rather than being “forced” to act on a case of alcoholism. Or this could result in you, as the woman herself, being forced into an extreme situation in an out-of-control environment where alcohol and marijuana are considered as a health hazard for a major part of her body. You make a change, and she doesn’t go through with it; she just acts her own way.
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The Yellow Wallpaper Essay Preview: It is not a coincidence that the subordinate spouse will do whatever it takes to get home, while her wife feels she has to go with the plan laid out, or feel alone. It has to take on the form of a social game which rewards her to make compromises and compromises, and to avoid getting out of the picture.
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I’d have to agree that this is not a work of fiction. It takes on the structure and structure of a game as it exists in real life as well, as well as in the novels in which their characters are involved. The main character is a slave who only wishes to make things better, while the player is to simply sit and do the work.
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In reality, the “good” work consists of something like:
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An idea like this happens almost every night.
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The game that does this can be a game where the player is fighting with a boss. It is about doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, but also about getting out of the trap. To take on an idea like this is to play the player an important role that most people in that way believe should be part of their character.
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Most people I’ve met play the character very, very poorly, because of socializing. It simply isn’t their experience and they assume it’s not true.
As the story begins, the woman — whose name we never learn — tells of her depression and how it is dismissed by her husband and brother. “You see, he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression — a slight hysterical tendency — what is one to do?” (Gilman 658). These two men, both doctors, are apparently unable to admit that there might be more to her condition than just stress and a slight nervous condition. Even when a summer in the country and weeks of bed-rest dont help, her husband refuses to accept that she may have a real problem.
Throughout the story there are examples of the dominant/submissive relationship. She is virtually imprisoned in her bedroom, supposedly to allow her to rest and recover her health. Her husband does not allow her to work, “So I . . . am absolutely forbidden to “work” until I am well again” (Gilman 658). She depicts his control over her actions when she states, “There comes John, and I must put this away — he hates to have me write a word”(Gilman 659).
She has no say in the location or decor of the room she is virtually imprisoned in: “I dont like our room a bit. I wanted . . . But John would not hear of it” (Gilman 659). He also doesnt allow her to have visitors: “It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work . . . but he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.” (Gilman 660).
Probably in large part because of her oppression, her health continues to decline. “I dont feel as if it was worthwhile to turn my hand over for anything..” (Gilman 661). Her husband is apparently oblivious to her declining condition, since he never admits she has a real problem until the end of the story, at which time he faints.
He does talk of taking her to an expert when she states “John says if I dont pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall” (Gilman 660), which she took that as a threat since Mitchell was even more domineering than her husband and brother.
Not only does her husband fail to get her help, but by virtually keeping her a prisoner in a room with nauseating