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A look at “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by C.P Gilman The short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a woman’s cry for freedom. It is about a creative woman whose talents are suppressed by her dominant husband. His ....

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.... why she feels the way she does; she should get rid of those “silly fantasies.” In saying this to her, he is treating her like a child who does not really know how she feels, thus making her doubt herself. When she tries to tell him what she needs, she is completely shut out and ignored. “I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad.” This statement has a two-fold meaning, in the first part of the sentence he reveals part of his insecurity proble ....