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norms or group identity in which specific thinking and behavioral patterns are both encouraged and expected. However, Identity is one's perspective of ones-self in areas related to cultural beliefs, motivations, expression, talents, and personality. Cultural interpretations and acceptances are strongly dependent on one's personal experiences in which contributes to their identity. Charlotte Perkins Gilman expressed one of her own experiences in the short story called "The Yellow Wallpaper." This short

Cheris Kramarae, a theorist involved with the idea of the Muted Group Theory, which investigates unbalanced power – related conflicts in society, said “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, ‘It’s a girl’”. These are extremely powerful words as they concisely point out the secularization that women face even before they are born. Women of all ages, culture, and religion face this injustice. Every once in the while, in a field of trampled flowers

Charlotte Perkins wrote the yellow wallpaper. A short story that focuses on the causes and the nature of a nineteenth century woman’s descent into madness. After moving into a new place the narrator 's mind begins to slowly degenerate because of the conditions of her environment; which completely affect her life and identity. The narrator a middle class woman moves into a colonial hereditary mansion for the summer. She lives with her husband John and two other adults. All three adults affect her

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Historical case of Postpartum Depression Several analyses have been made of the book "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman mostly focusing on patriarchal society as the main source of narrator’s mental illness. However, less has depicted acknowledgement of legitimate biological causes of depression. Postpartum depression is often diagnosed in women especially new mothers. This is characterized by mood swings, crying spells, anxiety

"At the word witch, we imagine the horrible old crones from Macbeth. But the cruel trials witches suffered teach us the opposite. Many perished precisely because they were young and beautiful." - André Breton In 17th-century Colonial America, contact with the supernatural was considered part of everyday life; many people believed that evil spirits were present and active on Earth. This superstition emerged 15th century Europe and spread with the colonization of North American puritan colonies.

The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman brings a closer look at one woman’s psychological health. Gilman’s story influenced women’s mistreatment in the late nineteenth century in the American society. Rena Korb is a writer and editor says, “’The Yellow Wallpaper’ commands attention not only for the harrowing journey into madness it portrays, but also for its realism” ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 284). In the story "The Yellow Wallpaper," a woman falls into postpartum depression

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman involves an unidentified woman who suffers from society’s way of curing her, as she gets trapped in a nursery due to the “inappropriate” ways she does not fulfill her duties as a women, demonstrating the lack of gender rights and equality present back in the days. This short story aided significantly in helping achieve gender equality rights and finally allowing people to understand that everyone is equal. The way the story portrays the way of curing someone

Since the conception of The Yellow Wallpaper individuals and social groups have gone to great lengths to give this piece of literature meaning to affirm their own ideology or world view. Each with their own reasons literature critics have dissected every word of this story. Reading between the lines to such an insurmountable extent that the core material has been made into a distorted theoretical version of itself. The endless supply of interpretation and application has not ceased to ground this

The yellow wallpaper by charlotte Gilman is about a woman who slowly descends into madness trying to please herself and have a voice even though she is a woman in a time that is is expected for her to obey her husband and be the wife he wants her to be. This short story took many years to be published, one publisher even wrote in a rejection letter to Gillman that stated “I could not forgive myself if I made others as miserable as I have made myself by reading this” (Stephens, 1997). The comment

Conformity and Its Effects on Human Behaviour The desire of acceptance and belonging to a group is an undeniable human need. But how does this need affect an individual?. “The Yellow Wallpaper,” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written as a series of diary entries from the perspective of a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression. John, a physician and the narrator's husband, moves into the country by his desire to expose his suffering wife to its clean air and calm life so that she