Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper: An Analysis The Yellow Wallpaper is short story that was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1891. Gilman says she wrote because she had an experience very similar to the woman in the story. She was very depressed and was made to do things much like the woman is made to in the story. The story begins with a woman who is mildly depressed. To cure her, her husband and physician, John, moves …

…behind the paper. This goes along with the odd things in the room like the bed nailed down to keep her from moving and the windows barred to keep her from leaving. Also there is that groove in the wall, which she says her shoulder just fits into. All of these things just show that she is not alone, that there are many others in her same position and there were many others before her.