The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper, a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person by the protagonist.  The protagonist faces a conflict with her life in particular with her husband and health. Gilman uses great symbolism with the wallpaper. It is similar to the protagonist’s life.  The nameless protagonist is many times dismissed by her husband a great metaphor with this is on page 64 when he shuts the window and dismisses her worries at the same time. Another great metaphor is when the protagonist describes the garden as a delicious garden. The story was full of sensory elements like when the protagonist elaborately describes the wallpaper. A recurring theme would be the unimportance the protagonist’s husband shows to her. Horror seems to be the type of short story Gilman wrote.

I was very shocked when I reached the end of the story. As it got closer to the end I would get Goosebumps. I felt like screaming for someone to help the poor woman. I would have liked to have seen the wall in person even though it was very well described.