"The Yellow Wallpaper", Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Mind over Matter
The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells about a young women suffering from nervousness (which was really post-pardom depression after having her baby boy) and a husband that is controlling of her due to the illness. The young women is lead to believe that she is very ill and what her husband says is best for her, is really the best for her. The character of the story gradually realizes that she knows what is best for her and that she is now as ill as her husband makes her out to be at the beginning of the story. The theme of the story is Mind over Matter, and the author best illustrates this by using setting and using first person point of view.
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