The Yellow Wallpaper
In the story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
What is unusual about the yellow wallpaper?
What is unusual about the yellow wallpaper?
In the story, wallpaper, a usually feminine, floral decoration on the interior of walls, is a symbol of female imprisonment within the domestic sphere. Over the course of the story, the wallpaper becomes a text of sorts through which the narrator exercises her literary imagination and identifies with a feminist double figure.
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