The Yellow Wallpaper - Introduction

DUE ON Tuesday, March 18th


1. Read the following information about the "Rest Cure". You might want to do a bit of research on Women and Hysteria. 

http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/reflections/fall2008/rest.html

2. Who is Charlotte Perkins Gillman? Do a little bit of research on who she was as an author and a woman. You will need  to jot down 4-5 bullet points at the max.

3. Why I wrote the Yellow Wallpaper by Perkins Gillman

http://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/files/lavender/whyyw.html
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2. Read The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins-Gillman. The story is in the text. 

Background:
The story was written in 1890 when many women-especially non-working middle and upper class women-suffered from a variety of physical and mental disorders such as fatigue and depression.  If nothing could organically be found wrong with them, they were often diagnosed with "nervous conditions" curable through isolation and prolonged rest. although, today, it is believed that some of these disorders may have been caused by the stress of living within the rigid social roles in which women were confined. Doctors in the late 1800's typically felt that the root of many women's illnesses was their gender. They assumed women were weak and emotionally unstable, and thus by their very nature predisposed to illness. 
Respond in your notebook:  What is the time period?
Discuss the literary device of Imagery. Provide 2 concrete examples.
Who is Jane?
What is she suffering from?
Develop at least 2 themes and discuss them in 2 paragraphs. 



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