Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Meaning Behind The Yellow Wallpaper: Symbolism
The Yellow Wallpaper is a strangely confusing story. It speaks of a woman in the 1800s in the United States and how she went mentally insane because her husband kept her in a room for three months. This story is a reflection of Charlotte P. Gilman's life told in diaries of a woman named Jane. Gilman renamed herself to talk about men in a bad way. Such as in the story when she said "Now why should the man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!" (Pg. 11) usually fainting is girly thing and for her to say this shows that men aren't always stronger then women and women can be just as powerful as men the point Gilman's trying to get across is to show everyone how women are being treated in hopes of possibly making a change. This story is a way for her to get all of her feelings and emotion out to the world. She had a strong belief in women having as many rights as men because she knew that everyone was equal. Gilman stood by what she said and never backed out on her thoughts.
Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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I like the picture because it represents the woman behind the paper. I also like how you said gilman is getting her feelings out through the story. I think you should have cited more from the text.
ReplyDeleteOther than missing citations, this was well written. Women are as strong if not stronger than men. It was a smart decision to stress that concept when evaluating The Yellow Wallpaper! Great job.
ReplyDeleteYou didnt explain why you chose those links. Also, why you chose to use that picture. But your writing is well written. But i liked the picture it represents the women in the wallpaper.
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