The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency-what is one to do?"(Gilman, 239) What is one to do when your husband cares not for anything you say, because he "knows" better? When was a marriage comprised of a woman whose only role was as a slave, a helpless victim, cared for in every …

…it confused me a little more. Though my take on the story might not be right, I feel that there could be no right way to analyze it. In conclusion, this story is a prime example of how a woman's life in the 1800's was not one of joy and freedom, but merely bondage and confusion. Confusion on who the real woman was, and how to deal with not having the courage to become her.