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Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Google Images “The Yellow Wallpaper”

By: John Howard. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Google Images “The Yellow Wallpaper” . Life. Born July 3, 1860 A famous sociologist, novelist, and author of short stories A utopian feminist Best known work is “The Yellow Wallpaper” Google Images . Early Life.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Google Images “The Yellow Wallpaper”

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  1. By: John Howard Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Google Images “The Yellow Wallpaper”

  2. Life • Born July 3, 1860 • A famous sociologist, novelist, and author of short stories • A utopian feminist • Best known work is “The Yellow Wallpaper” Google Images

  3. Early Life • Born in Hartford, Connecticut • She taught herself to read • Spent a lot of time with Harriet Beecher Stowe • She read and studied by herself in the public libraries

  4. Adulthood • She suffered from post-partum depression • She moved to California to participate in feminist organizations • Married her first cousin • Diagnosed with breast cancer • Committed suicide on August 17, 1935

  5. Career • Active in social reform in Pasadena • Represented California in the Suffrage Convention • Gained popularity when she lectured on Nationalism • In 18900 she wrote fifteen essays, novellas, poems, and short stories • One of the most forgotten feminist

  6. “The Yellow Wallpaper” • Set in a country house • A series of journal entries • Women suffers from postpartum depression • Written to change peoples minds about the role of women in society • A response to when a doctor tried to cure her of her depression

  7. Summary • An unknown protagonist • Husband is a physician • Husband prescribes the “rest cure” • Forbids her from writing • She links her nervousness to the wallpaper • She studies the wallpaper throughout the day

  8. Summary • Protagonist begins to see a women in the wall • Tries to rescue her and creeps around the room • Becomes hopelessly insane • Protagonist crawls over John and continues creeping around the room

  9. Historical Backround • First published in the “New England Magazine” in January 1892 • “The Atlantic Monthly” rejected the story • Considered a psychological horror

  10. Social Context • Written in a time of strict moral control of women • Women confined to a home to perform domestic tasks • Women had to be modest and pure • Women shouldn’t read fiction or write

  11. Feminist Interpretation • See the end as freedom from a bad marriage • The women in the wallpaper shows the protagonist the way

  12. Themes • The subordination of women in marriage • Importance of self-expression • The “resting cure”

  13. Motifs • The journal • Irony

  14. Works Cited • "Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman>. • Jean, Shawn St. "Hanging "The Yellow Wall-Paper": Feminism and Textual Studies." JSTOR. Duke University. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3178750?seq=3&Search=yes&sea rchText=perkins&searchText=wallpaper&searchText=charlotte&searchText=yellow&searchText=feminism&searchText=gilman&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch %3Fq0%3Dfeminism%2B%26f0%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q1 %3Dthe%2Byellow%2Bwallpaper%26f1%3Dall%26c2%3DAN D%26q2%3Dcharlotte%2Bperkins%2Bgilman%26f2%3Dall% 26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26ar%3Don%26sd%3D%26ed% 3D%26la%3D%26jo%3D%26dc.Language%2526amp%253BLi terature%3DLanguage%2B%2526amp%253B%2BLiterature% 26Search%3DSearch&prevSearch=&item=11&ttl=81&returnA rticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null>.

  15. Works Cited • Knight, Denise D. "Gale - Enter Product Login." GaleNet. Charles Scribner's Son. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None>. • Lanser, Susan S. "Feminist Criticism, "The Yellow Wallpaper," and the Politics of Color in America."Jstor. Feminist Studies Inc., 1989. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3177938?seq= 2>.

  16. Works Cited • Schilling, Beate. ""The Yellow Wallpaper": A Rediscovered "Realistic" Story." JSTOR. University of Illinois Press. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/27747979>.

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