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The Color Yellow In Charlotte Perkins Stetson's The Yellow Wallpaper

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The color yellow, when used negatively, represents sickness or weakness. in "the yellow wallpaper", Charlotte Perkins Stetson uses the wallpaper to represent how the main character is perceived by her husband, but also to help her understand herself. To her husband it is just wallpaper, but to her it becomes the personification of her life. The appearance she is forced to perceive versus the reality of her mind is expressed in the setting, the symbols use, and the irony of her situation. The story takes place in the late 1800 's, a time where a wife was expected to be submissive, do the work around the home, and take care of the children. In this day and time, postpartum depression did not exist, let alone any type of help for a woman dealing
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