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Subjectivity In Kate Chopin's The Yellow Wallpaper

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Written in the late 1800s by one of the most outstanding feminine authors of the century the yellow wallpaper is a utterly complex and layered text. Within this piece the author gives us a look into the the complexity of maternal female bodies and the many parallels that women see in the text and houses confinements. "The Yellow Wallpaper" effectively evokes the question of subjectivity itself. The story suggests that Janes mental condition is the true subjectivity of the text.Although she is prescribed rest for her supposed hysteria, It seems to be the worst treatment for her as it merely leaves her with extended time to drown in her questionable thoughts and she begins to hallucinate.She imagines a woman trapped within the yellow wallpaper
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