"TheYellowWallpaper"isashortstorywrittenbyCharlottePerkinsGilmanin1892.Itisafirst-personnarrativetoldthroughthejournalentriesofawomansufferingfromwhatislikelypostpartumdepression.Herphysicianhusband,John,prescribesa"restcure"andconfineshertoaroomintheirrentedsummerhome,forbiddingherfromanymentalstimulationorwork.Theroom'syellowwallpaperbecomesthefocusofthewoman'sobsession.Ashermentalstatedeteriorates,shebeginstoseeatrappedfiguremovingbehindthepattern,whichshebelievesisawomantryingtoescape.Thestoryexploresthemesoffemaleoppression,mentalhealth,andthedangersofmedicalandsocietalcontroloverwomeninthe19thcentury.Consideredanimportantearlyfeministwork,"TheYellowWallpaper"critiquesthepatriarchaltreatmentofwomen'shealthandautonomy.Thestory'sunsettlingtoneandpsychologicalhorrorhavemadeitaclassicinAmericanliterature.
