The Yellow Wallpaper: Journey Into Insanity
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In "The Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the
dominant/submissive relationship between an oppressive husband and his
submissive wife pushes her from depression into insanity.
Flawed human nature seems to play a great role in her breakdown. Her
husband, a noted physician, is unwillin ....
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.... matter with one but temporary nervous
depression -- a slight hysterical tendency -- what is one to do?" (Gilman
193). These two men -- both doctors -- seem completely unable to admit
that there might be more to her condition than than just stress and a
slight nervous condition. Even when a summer in the country and weeks of
bed-rest don't help, her husband refuses to accept that she may have a real
problem.
Throughout the story there are examples of the dominant - submissive
relationshi ....
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