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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1501 words (6 pages) in the essay titled Peeling Away the Layers The Yellow Wallpaper illustrates the narrator s plight in the Victorian era. The main character, the narrator, is a woman suffering from depression in a time when women were totally dependent on men, and often dismissed as being nervous and hysterical females. The inability of women to become active persons in their own lives as well as, society s decision making processes being dominated by men, contributed to the narrator s malaise. The story is told from the female perspective, a depressed woman struggling to survive.The story takes place at a summer vacation home, where the narrator’s husband, a physician treats her depression in a condescending manner. He either placates her, or dismisses her feelings, typical of the Victorian era: “If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency-what is one to do?” (658). This is an example of her oppressed female status in the existing society, as well as, in her own life. Other dominant males in her life also hold the same opinion: “My brother is also a physician, and also of high standings, and he says the same thing.”(658). Again, this demonstrates a sign of the times where males dominated. This viewpoint causes the narrator to question herself and her feelings, as well as, to justify the males opinion. “I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more soc... |
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Keywords: suffering from depression, narrator, nervous depression, feelings, story takes place, condescending manner, malaise, hysterical, exacerbates, victorian era, victorian background, depressed woman, woman struggling, yellow wallpaper, woman suffering, female perspective, dominant males, peeling away, social pressures, narrators