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This 7 page paper explores several critiques of "The Yellow Wallpaper," as well as the meaning of the story as discussed in an earlier paper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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summarizes it, and the presents other scholarly writing about the story to prove that there is no one "right" way to understand literature. Discussion We begin with the first
paper, which is a basic explication of the story and its main theme, the oppression and subjugation of women. That paper dealt with Johns dismissive attitude toward his wife, which
led him to keep her confined in the room with the yellow wallpaper, despite her strong protests and desire to leave the house, or at least move to a different
room (Gilman). A physician with little understanding of women, he overruled her, and left her trapped in a room that gradually came to haunt her, and finally, to drive her
mad (Gilman). The first paper touches on Johns attitude, but is most notable for explaining the symbolism of the wallpaper, which in her mind becomes a prison, through the bars
of which she can see women struggling to get out (Gilman). The analogy is quite clear: the pattern in the wallpaper is society, and she is the woman being kept
in a cage by the "rules" she must follow. This interpretation/explication of the story is closest to formalist critique: it accepts what the narrator says without judging it, and
it does not suggest that the reader become formally involved with the story. She (or he) need only read and "listen" to Gilmans words. Our first new source is an
article by Greg Johnson, who suggests the story is a "Gothic allegory" dealing with the twin themes of "rage and regression" (Johnson, 1989). He suggests that the narrator of the
story "willingly accepts madness over repression, refusing a life of unhappy, silent acceptance" (Johnson, 1989). He argues that we should not simply label her a madwoman, but instead "view her
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