The Aspect of Feminist in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
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The Aspect of Feminist in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Charlotte is a significant figure who has played a crucial role in enhancing the way people view literature. In 1892, he wrote a story without the idea that it would become a classical representation of feminism in society. For centuries, the audience to various literature pieces lacked a clear basis for evaluating feminism in multiple parts of literature. Gothic tales in the book, The Yellow Wallpaper, pose a challenge to the audience in understanding the book’s context. The sheer horror of the account appeared to build significant memories in old readers; besides, these approaches remain valuable up to date. Concise analysis of the story in 1970 steered an understanding of the literature as an elegant representation of feminist ideologies during the Victorian patriarchy. The author has the mastery of typical gothic trapping, and beneath it, he explains the crucial phenomena of repression and freedom. Most of these aspects of the story appear in the mind and the eyes of an insane narrator.
Understanding the personal author’s experience is relevant in understanding the flow of feminist ideologies in the story. In the information, the author presents Victorian rest cure as barbaric; the nature of its treatment had driven a woman into insanity. The rest cure initially was a method used to alleviate symptoms of hysteria and other neuropathic conditions. Dr. Weir Mitchell used the treatment methods in most of her patients. the efficacy of the treatment plan was crucial as Gilman had initially received the inventor’s treatment. The narrator provides an account of shown she had been through insanity, which she opposed through the yellow wallpaper (Johnson 528). The narrator further highlights that Mitchell received a copy of the book concerning hysteria treatment; however, there was no direct response to Gilman. Information relayed by a friend indicates that the doctor sorts a different approach to treating disorders other than the rest cure.
The use of feminist connotations in the story and symbolism present a powerful platform for various discussions about the yellow wallpaper. The narrator’s husband is an elegant representation of patriarchy; this occurs differently by arguing and demeans his wife. The husband’s character represents normalcy described under the Victorian culture, which she deviated. The author presents the narrator’s husband as a voice of reasons essential in the realization of freedom. At the climax of the story, the husband, despite being male, transformed in reverse traditional gothic roles.
Notably, the expression of Greg Johnson highlighted how the narrator blended with her condition. The author further presents the main character as an artist, and it is through her literal work, some of the suppressant anger was evident. Besides, the author indicates the nature of her anger after getting well, after which she sort to redefine her life. The narrator’s focus was to transform into a draconian woman under the character described under the Victorian womanhood.
Charlotte bridges the narrator’s character to some feminine name in the story. The author uses an example of the madwoman to show the audience the gothic nature of the developed character Bertha Mason. His representation creates an insight into understanding the names of the narrator and Jane Eyre. Importantly, these are the figures presented to dwell in the rational self and ignore provisions in the community regarding a woman. In the story, bertha’s correlates with the narrator’s surface; the author exploits the outspoken nature of the protagonist’s ideologies (King and Morris 29). Their behavior outlines a sense of deviation from the patriarchy system, a clear indicator of civilization. The narrator’s actions are a vivid image of the suppression of character due to her disease condition.
In comparison to Bronte’s madwoman, the narrator appears to be a woman of good temperament. The central concern is if her malady would get over her life, her character seems to blend with the insane world to express her sanity at the end of the story is rebellious nature deemed from suppression by the internal and the external world. According to the narrator, The Yellow Paper represented her suppressed self (King and Morris 32). The damage to the paper by the narrator presents a significant transformation from the life of bondage.
According to many, the wallpaper represents what appears to be mere frivolity; this is evident through the allegory of rage and redemption. The parable presents women living in captivity and various trifles such as clothing to express themselves (Johnson 521). Thorough reading and analyses of the story by modern ladies could better understand women’s lives.
Works cited
King, Jeannette, and Pam Morris. "On Not Reading between the Lines: Models of Reading in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’"
Johnson, Greg. “Gilman’s Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’” Studies in Short Fiction 26.4
