Conflicts of the Narrator- the Yellow Wallpaper - 1482 Words

Conflicts of the Narrator In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper,† the narrator must deal with several different conflicts. She is diagnosed with â€Å"temporary nervous depression and a slight hysterical tendency† (Gilman 221). Most of her conflicts, such as, differentiating from creativity and reality, her sense of entrapment by her husband, and not fitting in with the stereotypical role of women in her time, are centered around her mental illness and she has to deal with them. The most obvious conflict the narrator has to deal with is living in the room with the yellow wallpaper and differentiating creativity from reality. The narrator becomes fond of the wallpaper and feels an excessive need to figure out the pattern. She†¦show more content†¦John’s views as a doctor forbid any type of activity, because he feels it will only worsen her fragile condition. She says, â€Å"So I take phosphates or phosphites- whichever it is- an d tonics, and air and exercise, and journeys, and am absolutely for bidden to ‘work’ until I am well again† (Gilman 221). But the narrator believes she would feel better if she could write because she does not believe it to be â€Å"work†. â€Å"Personally I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good† (Gilman 221). The narrator believes that writing would help her get better more than the rest cure. John addresses his wife as â€Å"‘little girl,’ and chooses the nursery rather than one of the adult bedrooms for his wife† (Griffin 11). The narrator has absolute no control over her own care, â€Å"she disagrees with her husband’s orders forbidding her to work, yet her opinion goes unrecognized.† (Griffin 11). He treats her like a weak, fragile child, which for the most part is what women were described as in that time period. The roles of women also play a part in the conflict in this st ory. In the 19th century, women were expected to fulfill their duties as wives and mothers. They were to be content in their existence as nothing more. As Amy Griffin says, â€Å"Fulfilling their submissive role forced women to deny their individual personalities and aspirations† (10). The narrator’s desires to have more in her life than John and her child do not fit in withShow MoreRelatedCompare And Contrast The Awakening And The Yellow Wallpaper1211 Words   |  5 Pagesâ€Å"The Awakening† â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† During our previews week we had many different reading assignments. The assignment I chose to talk about in this paper for week number one was â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. For the second reading assignment for this current week will be â€Å"The Awakening† by Kate Chopin. I choose this two reading assignments because they were both very similar, but at the same time very different. 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