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The Yellow Wallpaper

Well the main theme for the story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was women's oppression in society back during their time. Women use to be treated like they were nothing more then a house wife and their main responsibility was to keep the house clean and food on the table when the husband comes home. Even today, if you look real close, you'll find the women are still being treated the same. Women earn less money than men, are more likely to be the victims of violence in the home, are more likely to be disadvantaged by a relationship break-up, take more responsibility for work in the home, and so on.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" was mostly about a woman who suffers from Hysteria after giving birth to her child. So to help her feel better John, her husband, takes her to the country. Maybe the country air might help her relax her nerves, since its cleaner air. Well instead of making it better, it made her situation worse. John doesn't let her......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)