The Yellow Wallpaper

The rise of gothic literature since the eighteenth century allows authors to write in various contexts, which often rely on specific settings such as a dark and isolated room, depiction of evil charac…

Imagery is used to allow the reader to create a picture in their minds, so they are able to imagine the stories characters, emotions and the setting. In short terms it brings a story to life for the r…

The human mind does not only manifest itself by sensations, reasoning, or desire. It is so powerful that we often do not have control over it. The most complex machine on earth is what some psychologi…

"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"\- J.R.R…

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," there seem to be many recurring themes such as the desire for self-expression, gender roles, and mental illness. The theme of mental i…

Hook. In "The Yellow Wallpaper", a short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman we see our narrator slowly lose her sanity as she is confined in a high room with a single barred window and eerily l…

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, is a story of our narrator going through a mental issue that was unidentified throughout the story. Our narrator has a husband, John, who is a phys…

The inside of one's mind is more complex than could be imagined. The woman in the story, Jane, suffers from postpartumpost-partum depression that is brushed off by family members to only be temporary …

Throughout today's society, psychological obstacles within humanity are growing to be more and more familiar. Subsequently, there is a more widespread understanding of intellectual wellbeing amongst t…

Happiness, love, insanity and ultimately tragedy are four major themes within Shakespeare's' Hamlet, however these themes are also heavily present within the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlo…