Analyzing "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman regarding mental illness in society past and today

<Tab/>Illnesses of all kinds happen to people everyday. These people go to doctors, decide on treatment plans and eventually some do get better. Doctors, nurses and hospitals seem to create miracles daily with their advances to the medical profession in the 21st century. The main character in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman could have benefited immensely from these findings but she was not born into our time and must make due with what she was given in hers. The question becomes does she really get better or does she just pretend to adhere to the advi…