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This is the first 1,000 characters of 2112 words (8.45 pages) in the essay titled Doctor Knows Best Often human illness calls for medical attention to acquire both soundness of body and mind. Opinions from medical professionals are sought after by those individuals seeking reassurance and peace of mind in knowing they will receive the best possible treatment. In her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman presents a situation where a respected professional, medical opinion contradicts those thoughts and desires of the patient. The “wife,” and narrator, in the story suffers a long-drawn depression following the birth of her daughter. In an attempt to remedy her ailment, the character “John,” a physician as well as the narrator’s husband, prescribes rest and isolation as the cure for his wife’s mental illness. It is apparent by the end of the story that such treatment not only failed to cure his wife’s disorder, but further intensified her unstable condition. Many scholars offer other underlying explanations in exploring the narrator’s sickness. Leslie Fishbein, in her review To Herland and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, points out that the narrator’s ailment is credited to “a domestic role that ill fit her character and talents” (1116). On the other hand, it was the fact that John ignored the narrator’s personal desires that ultimately led to her severe paranoia and depression.The wife is aware of aspects in her life that, given individual freedom from her husband, would aid in her recovery. The narrator believes that “... |
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Keywords: charlotte perkins gilman, narrators, narrator, personal desires, they will receive, ailment, depression, congenial, human illness, yellow wallpaper, unstable condition, domestic role, herland, fishbein, paranoia