1. “The Yellow Wallpaper””
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. Writers Background: Similar to the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper:
The author suffered from severe nervous breakdown
She stated: “I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper, with its embellishments and additions, to carry out the ideal (I never had hallucinations or objections to my mural decorations)”

3. The Writer’s other works:
Some other works include:
The dress of Women
With her in Ourland
What Diantha Did
Her works expressed challenges women faced in the 19th century
Themes included: husband and wife, dependence of women & men, female individuality

4. Summary:
The narrator, her husband John, their baby and her sister-in-law move into a mansion they have rented for the summer for three months. The narrator's husband is a physician. The narrator believes she is sick but her husband believes she is just suffering from "temporary nervous depression." The narrator is a writer but is forbidden to work because her husband thinks that she just needs rest. In the mansion, she stays in a "big, airy room" with ugly yellow wallpaper.

5. Technical Details about the story:
Setting: taken place in a house on the country side.
Characters: Narrator(Jane), John(Husband), and Jennie.
Point of View: First person narration
Plot Structure:
Exposition: introduction of the house, the narrator and her husband
Rising Action: She imagines a woman trapped within the wallpaper.
Climax: The narrator strips off the wallpaper.
Falling action: The narrator tells John where the keys are.
Resolution: John finally unlocks the room and sees what she has done.

6. Themes: Themes: Female Individuality Dependence of women
Female to male behavior
Women being put second in marriage

7. Significant Quotes in the story:
  “It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby. Such a dear baby!”
“ I don't know why I should write this.        
I don't want to.
I don't feel able”
I think that woman gets out in the daytime!         And I'll tell you why--privately--I've seen her!         I can see her out of every one of my windows!
“I always lock the door when I creep by daylight “
  "I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!"

8. Special Topics: Irony: Dramatic and situational Symbolism: Binaries:
The “yellow wallpaper”
Nursery: The nursery is said to represent the 19th century society's view of woman
Sunlight and moonlight: Sunlight represents oppression and moonlight represents freedom.
Binaries:
Male vs. female
Freedom Vs. Confinement