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Review Of Gilman's Story 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

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Glen, I believe Gilman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written during a time of change. Many women suffered from domestic ideology during the mid –nineteenth century positioning them as the spiritual and moral leaders of their homes. In that time men were the dominate role and the women were the homemakers not able to voice their independence from their husbands. I agree many women may have lived in fear and I could not imagine going through the struggles of women in that era. Women were slaves to the household in a sense, shackled unable to break free. She was drove into depression and mental illness because women remained powerless. Some men even in 2016 still have a similar ideal of women, maybe not as extreme. Women still have to fight
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