"TheYellowWallpaper"isashortstorywrittenbyCharlottePerkinsGilmanin1892.Itisafirst-personnarrativethatfollowsthementaldeteriorationofawomansufferingfrompostpartumdepression.Thestoryissetinthelate19thcenturyandexploresthemesofmentalillness,genderroles,andtheoppressionofwomeninapatriarchalsociety.Theunnamedprotagonistisconfinedtoaroomwithyellowwallpaperbyherhusband,John,whoisalsoherphysician.Hebelievesthatrestandisolationwillcurehernervouscondition.However,theprotagonistbecomesincreasinglyobsessedwiththewallpaper,seeingdisturbingpatternsandeventuallyatrappedwomanbehindit.Thestoryisapowerfulcritiqueofthemedicaltreatmentofwomenatthetimeandahauntingportrayalofpsychologicaldistress."TheYellowWallpaper"isconsideredanimportantearlyfeministworkandremainswidelystudiedforitspsychologicaldepthandsocialcommentary.
