Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The Yellow Wallpaper †Charlotte Perskin Gilman. “The Yellow

The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perskin Gilman â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† by Charlotte Perskin Gilman stated that the erroneous of â€Å"rest cue† treatment method of the husband – the theraphy physician, which leads the wife insane. The â€Å"rest cue† method that the patient have to â€Å"take phosphates or phosphites whichever it is, and tonics, and journey, and air, and exercise† (Gilman 308) and they are â€Å"absolutely forbidden to work† until they are well again which is described by the narrator and this method is the reason why the narrator from a normal woman increases depressing and stress day by day until she is insane. At the beginning of the story, the narrator described where her treatment as â€Å"the haunted house†. She feels something strange†¦show more content†¦But John would not hear of it† (Gilman 308). – â€Å"I wonder – I begin to think – I wish John would take me away from here† (Gilman 314). She said she would hate herself if she had to live in the treatment room long â€Å"the paint and paper look as if a boys’ school had used it. It is tripped off-the paper- in great patches all around the head of my bed, about as far as I can reach, and in a great place on the other side of the room low down. I never saw a worse paper in my life† – â€Å"the color is repellant† – â€Å"a smoldering unclear yellow, strangely faded by slow-turning sunlight. It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly Sulphur tint in others.† – â€Å"I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long† (Gilman 309). The treatment doesn’t help reduce her stressful and depression. She feels worse than before. She doesn’t feel like writing before since she moved into the yellow wallpaper – a nursery room. Besides, she is abandoned because her husband away all day. The lonely fe eling make her â€Å"nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing† (Gilman 309). Preventing from moving and working treatment and focusing on resting and being alone is a wrong treatment method. The narrator gets tired and tired every day and is more nervous because she just feels like â€Å"a comparative burden† to her husband. One more time, the husband rejects her feeling – she want get out of the house to feel the fresh air and meet people around which makes she feels relax and happy – â€Å"I’m

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