Реферат: Yellow Wall Paper And Women Role Essay

in that long shaded lane, creeping up and down. I see her in those dark grape

arbors, creeping around the garden. I see her on that long road under the trees,

creeping along, and when a carriage comes she hides under the blackberry vines.

I don’t blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by

daylight: (Gilman 648)! The narrator is expressing her own humiliation in having

to sneak around. "I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I can’t

do it at night, for I know John would suspect something at once"(Gilman

648). Similarly, while her husband is away, the narrator sometimes will

"walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch

under the roses, . . . "(Gilman 644). As the narrator realizes the meaning

of the wallpaper, her life begins to change. "Life is much more exciting

now than it used to be. You see, I have something more to expect, to look

forward to, to watch. I really do eat better, and am more quiet than I was"

(Gilman 647). It is apparent that she is still feeling imprisoned by her

husband. "I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it

comes night, and that is hard" (Gilman 649)! However, she has decided to

rebel and break free. "?I’ve got out at last,’ said I, ?in spite of you

and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper so you can’t put me back’"

(Gilman 650)! Because the story is somewhat autobiographical, Gilman is able to

vividly portray a woman’s descent into madness. She "wrote the story to

effect change in the treatment of depressive women" (Gilman 640). She once

stated that "It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people

from being driven crazy" (Anderson par. 10). The story brilliantly depicts

a woman whose opinions and feelings have never been acknowledged or recognized

as valid in the real world. The room, and particularly the wallpaper she hates

so much, become the center of her world ? her voice. She realizes the woman in

the wallpaper is herself, and is finally able to break free. Perhaps it can all

be summed up in this exchange: "John is so pleased to see me improve! He

laughed a little the other day, and said I seemed to be flourishing in spite of