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The Yellow Wallpaper: Journey into Insanity
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 ....
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allow her to rest and recover her health. She is forbidden to work, "So I .
. . am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again." (Gilman 193).
She is not even supposed to write: "There comes John, and I must put this
away -- he hates to have me write a word." (Gilman 194).
She has no say in the location or decor of the room she is virtually
imprisoned in: "I don't like our room a bit. I wanted . . . But John would
not hear of it." (Gilman 193).
She can't have visitors: "It is so discouraging not to have any
advice and comp ....
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