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John's Oppression In The Yellow Wallpaper

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In The Yellow Wallpaper, a great deal of oppression placed on the woman of the story. Her husband John, was a well known physician and he prescribed her as mentally ill. She denied it at times when the diagnosis came from him, but her brother was also a well known physician and had the same diagnosis. The woman's husband had medication prescribed to her and he kept her in the house all day. The house that the woman stayed in was very old fashioned house filled with lots of rooms but the woman would be alone for most of her days with nothing but inanimate objects. Because of her mental state she was very oppressed by her husband. He was at a very high standard on his work so people would believe if he said she was ill. Her illness made very
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