A Critical Overview of The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

There seems to be three different approaches that critics view from the story of The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. All of the critical material either portrays the feminist view, the gothic view, or the psychological view of this particular work. Although, the aspect of feminism is the major view criticized about this work; the gothic and psychological critical approaches are portrayed as well. Janet Beer’s book, Kate Choplin, Edith Wharton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Studies in Short Fiction, seems to be the best source in understanding and interpreting The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper because for many years she suffered from postpartum depression after having her child. She claims that the reason why she wrote this work was, “It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy” (Beer 147). Charlotte Perkins Gilman did not want another ...