As a husband and father, what would you do if your wife was diagnosed with postpartum depression after giving birth to your child? Would you make the effort to get her professional help by taking her to a psychologist, or would you isolate you her from the world, and lock her in a house where she has no one to talk to? Postpartum depression, usually occurs within three months after childbirth and symptoms can include fear of hurting the baby, hallucinations, delusions, marked illogical thought, and suicidal thoughts, (Dictionary of Psychology 551). Modern research also, shows that postpartum depression affects 10 percent of women in the months after the child is born (Depression Statistics: Women Fact Information).
To begin with, “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also went through postpartum depression. This story, is about a woman who has gone insane by post-partum depression and a dangerous treatment. On the other hand, an analysis of the mother’s character discloses that this story is basically about
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And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!” (Gilman 478). We have never heard the name Jane before, it wasn’t easy to easy to clasp due to the fact that her sister-in-law Jennie, maybe this was done on purpose. Throughout the entire story the mother is giving her own explanation of what’s going on so as the reader we never hear her name, which is until the actual end when this quote appears. Jane is the mother, the wife, and the narrator, and therefore the only reasonable clarification would be that the person speaking is the hallucination; which turns out to be Jane. It looks as if they swapped places where the woman behind the wallpaper turns out to be Jane’s new state of mind, and the old caged Jane is presently on the outside looking