The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

Thesis Statement

The paper is mainly based on oppressive patriarchal society where women are confined by strong masculine power and set in the lower class of hierarchy.

Discussion

The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman narrator portrays rebellious women conflicting with the society ruling them. The husband uses his masculine power as a doctor to control her. The husband can be seen as a father figure who overprotects her and makes decisions for her. This is very characteristic of men in the late nineteenth-century due to their lack of psychological knowledge and views of women as inferior. ...