The Yellow Wall-Paper

The Yellow Wall-Paper


· In the nineteenth century, women were repressed and controlled by their husbands and male influences
· The narrator of the story is repressed and represents the oppression of women in society.
· A house is normally a symbol of a secure place for a woman, but this house is not her own and she does not want to be in it.
· The house does not represent the traditional symbol of security for the domestic activities of a woman.
· The creeping women that she see through the win...