The Yellow Wallpaper ORIGINAL THESIS

In the story "The Yellow Wall-Paper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, readers watch a woman as she descends into madness. The first time I read this story nothing more occurred to me than a woman with a mental condition finally lost it. Now that I have dug deep into the story I realized there is absolutely nothing wrong with the woman, except her husband. As a direct result of the way he treated her and constantly …

…perimeter of the room, over his body! <Tab/>Although it was kind of extreme I don't think the author could have ended the story any better. From my perspective the guy got what he deserved. He allowed his wife to go on a mental downward spiral, and her cure was the easiest thing that he could have possibly done. All he had to do was listen. <Tab/>