Women In Charlotte Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

In the story, "Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Gilman claims that women were submissive to man. Gilman shows this by using some past background from her life. Gilman uses a female in comparison with the male characters from her past to prove that men were most dominate in their relationships with women. Throughout her life the narrator has endured isolation, control, and depression; allowing her to use her-life comparison in relation with her story. The author’s use of: imagery, irony, and symbolism becomes clear to the reader as the struggle she endured is embodied in her written work. By using imagery, this narrator is being isolated. The room with the yellow paper seemed lively in character as if it were surrounding her or watching her. The

Later, she says, “I am glad my case is not serious,”(Glaspell, 216). It's clear that she is saying that her case is very serious. In a way the narrator is being sort of sarcastic about her health. This also shows how her husband doesn't care much about her. Its ironic how she tells her husband she is being unattended and he just laughs, and she says that's something to expect in marriage. That is not something someone should expect in marriage instead he should talk to her, and ask her why she feels that way. It seems as if the narrator is so used of that type of treatment. Gilman uses irony to show how the narrator is not being treated well. Its ironic how this narrator knows she is not exaggerating that her husband doesn’t give his full attention to her, and in the state of mind she's in. Gilman is claiming that this husband is dominate over his wives will, and he thinks that his wife is being ridiculous about her health since he thinks she is getting better. When technical she is getting worse as the days go by. The author is right that the husband isn't home to take care of the narrator twenty four seven. He even misses some nights going home because he is working too much . That's not true that's a lie its ironic how the narrator says that. Their maybe a possibility that he cheats on her since he misses some night at home. Maybe the narrator does know that her husband is cheating one her but she doesn’t imply it. The narrators husband thinks his wife is getting better, but really it seems as she is getting worse and worse as the days go by. For example "I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time"(Glaspell, 220). This is showing how the narrator is getting worse having to cry about nothing is ironic. This also