The Deterioation of the Woman's Mental Health. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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The Deterioation of the Woman's Mental Health. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
About this book
Document from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, 3, University of Tubingen (Englisches Institut), course: Introduction to Literary Studies, language: English, abstract: "The Yellow Wallpaper" takes place in the 1890´s America. The story is about a woman who suffers from temporary nervous depression and is treated for that diagnosis by her husband John, a physician. As the story proceeds her mental state deteriorates until it reaches a state of madness. In the following I want to exhibit why the woman had no chance of curing her mental illness due to her social environment and the time in which she lived. I will inspect the gender roles during the 19th century and how mental illness was treated. I will also examine the role her husband played in the deterioration of her health, since he is her doctor and the person closest to her. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman will be my primary text.
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