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This 6 page paper argues that the narrator of the story The Yellow Wallpaper was not seriously ill when the story began, but was driven insane by her treatment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gillman is frequently anthologized, and for
good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utterly terrifying. This paper argues that the protagonist was
not insane at the beginning of the story but was gradually driven out of her mind by the very treatments that were supposed to help her. Discussion Gilmans story roused
strong reaction, with some condemning her for such a "shocking" tale and others praising her for her realistic account of incipient insanity. Gilman felt compelled to write a piece entitled
"Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper," which is exactly what the title says. She writes that she suffered from "melancholia" (what we would probably now call depression) for many years,
and after fighting the disease for three years, went to a specialist, the "best known in the country" (Gilman "Why I Wrote"). This man prescribed the "rest cure" to which
Gilman responded so well that he concluded nothing was really wrong with her; he sent her home to "live as domestic a life as far as possible," to "have but
two hours intellectual life a day," and "never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again" as long as I lived. This was in 1887" (Gilman "Why I Wrote"). She obeyed
his instructions for three months, and "came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin that I could see over" (Gilman "Why I Wrote"). After concluding - rightly -
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