“The Yellow Wallpaper” gives ample scope for interpretation, and therefore a great amount of (sometimes conflicting) readings emerged since its publication. As this term paper attempts to reveal the way Gilman criticizes the suppression of women in her days, the discussion will mainly include the analytical work of feminist critics.
For the inquiry, the following questions will be central:
1) How does Gilman use language to criticize the patriarchal structures presented in the story?
2) In which way can the heroine’s behavior and progress be interpreted as a reflection of the rising feminist activism?
3) To what extend does the image of the woman in the wallpaper convey meaning?
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
2.1 A man’s world: Gender rights in the 19th Century America
2.2 Feminist Activism and the “New Woman”
2.3 Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Life and work
3. “The Yellow Wallpaper” and it’s feminist criticism
3.1 Victorian Ideals and Patriarchal structures
3.2 The Protagonist’s writing and her reading of the Wallpaper: The rising of the “New Woman”?
4. Conclusion
Bibliography
- Quote paper
- Marie Schröder (Author), 2015, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” from a Feminist Perspective. A Woman’s Place in a Patriarchal World, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/343783
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