The Yellow Wallpaper

In the Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Gilman, the main character definitely has some mental issues.  I feel that she thinks she is perfectly fine, but the people who care for her know she will pull random and unexpected stunts at various times.   There are multiple clues that can help support this theory.  The fact that the woman is watched and locked in her room hints the woman is not trusted.  Also there are bars on her windows and her bed is immovable  She even did pull a random and unexpected stunt by locking herself in her room and ripping all the wallpaper off the walls.  The male figure that cared for her was so surprised and shocked that he fainted. In this short story there is also a more common theory.  That would be feminist theory.  This theory is when males are superior to females. In the story the crazy character is a female and the Husband or a male had to take care of her.  I also believe there was no mistake that there was a woman trapped in the wall and not a male trapped. I think that the main character had to tear all the wallpaper down not just because of the pure hatred for the color but for the freedom of the woman.  Women have been living in a male dominated society for thousands of years.  I believe the author wrote this story to show that its women’s time to become free and equal to men.  So, the author made the main character free the female figure that was always stuck in the wallpaper.  I enjoyed this short story because there was a lot of analyzing needed since there was a ton or meaning put behind the pages.  I believe the author was trying to support women’s rights and change the world with this story.