ENG 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The New England Magazine, The Yellow Wallpaper, Kate Chopin
19 Oct 2017
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- rest cure, was making patients worse because of how much rest they were getting. Gilman the author experienced similar treatment for post pardon depression. A lot of pressure to be married, loosing their independence. We are looking over the shoulder of the women who wrote this descending into madness. Signals things are bad for her, wallpaper, her husband belittles her feelings. Feeeling trapped in the house, the husband locks her in when not listening to her. 3 miles from the village taken back from the road. Anything outside of her marriage gives her joy, and anything in her marriage is the start of her decent in her mental health. The author uses a reputation of isolated negative words: such as, quite alone separate little houses i feel so i shall neglect proper self- control . They are all broken now the place has been empty for years .
