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ID number:395003
 
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Published: 02.06.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman is a dramatic story about a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression. The story illustrates the subjugated role of women prior to the feminist movement. When Gilman first wrote the tale it was deemed too offensive to print. "In the 1890s editors, and especially Scudder, still officially adhered to a canon of "moral uplift" in literature, and Gilman's story, with its heroine reduced at the end to the level of a groveling animal, scarcely fitted the prescribed formula" (Scudder 1). Now, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is considered a literary victory for men and women alike. The story's unique ability to portray the feelings of women and their lack of individuality advocates for increased women's rights while abstaining from attacking men. The story showcases the lack of communication between men and women brought on by the sexual politics of the time, and the ways in which this affected individuals as well as society as a whole.…

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