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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Book Analysis)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801794750EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It provides a thorough exploration of the short story’s plot, characters and main themes, including mental illness, gender roles and the symbolism of night and day. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 50-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Presentation of The Yellow Wallpaper Summary of The Yellow Wallpaper Character study The narrator John Jennie Mary The woman in the wallpaper Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper First-person narration Feminine figures Night and day About The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper was inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s own experiences of post-partum depression, for which she was prescribed a ‘rest cure’, meaning a strict regime of social isolation, domesticity and a complete lack of mental stimulation. The anonymous narrator of the story faces a similar situation: her husband, who is also her doctor, has instructed her to spend almost all of her time in a single room, doing nothing, in order to soothe her troubled spirits. However, left so completely to her own devices, the narrator begins to imagine that she can see a woman trapped in the pattern of the room’s ugly yellow wallpaper – and that this other woman is desperate to get out… About Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman was the niece of the renowned writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, with whom she spent a great deal of her childhood. She had one child during her first marriage, after which she suffered a serious bout of post-partum depression which inspired her famous short story The Yellow Wallpaper. After leaving her first husband, she went on to have a romantic relationship with a woman before marrying her cousin, Houghton Gilman, and she became an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It provides a thorough exploration of the short story’s plot, characters and main themes, including mental illness, gender roles and the symbolism of night and day. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 50-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Presentation of The Yellow Wallpaper Summary of The Yellow Wallpaper Character study The narrator John Jennie Mary The woman in the wallpaper Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper First-person narration Feminine figures Night and day About The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper was inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s own experiences of post-partum depression, for which she was prescribed a ‘rest cure’, meaning a strict regime of social isolation, domesticity and a complete lack of mental stimulation. The anonymous narrator of the story faces a similar situation: her husband, who is also her doctor, has instructed her to spend almost all of her time in a single room, doing nothing, in order to soothe her troubled spirits. However, left so completely to her own devices, the narrator begins to imagine that she can see a woman trapped in the pattern of the room’s ugly yellow wallpaper – and that this other woman is desperate to get out… About Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman was the niece of the renowned writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, with whom she spent a great deal of her childhood. She had one child during her first marriage, after which she suffered a serious bout of post-partum depression which inspired her famous short story The Yellow Wallpaper. After leaving her first husband, she went on to have a romantic relationship with a woman before marrying her cousin, Houghton Gilman, and she became an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It provides a thorough exploration of the short story’s plot, characters and main themes, including mental illness, gender roles and the symbolism of night and day. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It provides a thorough exploration of the short story’s plot, characters and main themes, including mental illness, gender roles and the symbolism of night and day. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 50-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Presentation of The Yellow Wallpaper
  • Summary of The Yellow Wallpaper
  • Character study
    • The narrator
    • John
    • Jennie
    • Mary
    • The woman in the wallpaper
  • Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper
    • First-person narration
    • Feminine figures
    • Night and day

About The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper was inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s own experiences of post-partum depression, for which she was prescribed a ‘rest cure’, meaning a strict regime of social isolation, domesticity and a complete lack of mental stimulation. The anonymous narrator of the story faces a similar situation: her husband, who is also her doctor, has instructed her to spend almost all of her time in a single room, doing nothing, in order to soothe her troubled spirits. However, left so completely to her own devices, the narrator begins to imagine that she can see a woman trapped in the pattern of the room’s ugly yellow wallpaper – and that this other woman is desperate to get out…

About Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was the niece of the renowned writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, with whom she spent a great deal of her childhood. She had one child during her first marriage, after which she suffered a serious bout of post-partum depression which inspired her famous short story The Yellow Wallpaper. After leaving her first husband, she went on to have a romantic relationship with a woman before marrying her cousin, Houghton Gilman, and she became an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.

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9782808017947

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