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bexxtrafresh 's review for:
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A creepy, haunting commentary about the patriarchal view of a woman’s position and women’s lack of autonomy in the 1890s. The men in her life are respectable physicians who agree she needs rest and fresh country air to recover from her unnamed illness. While the protagonist descends into a full mental breakdown she records her trip to the country while the people in her life aren’t nearby as the people that are deemed to “know better” have forbidden her from writing or having an opinion about anything, especially not her own health.
Content Warnings
Minor: Confinement, Sexism, Abandonment