The Yellow Wallpaper -- essays research papers

Yellow WallpaperWithout question the short legend Yellow Wallpaper would definitely be categorized into a anthropoid dominant/feminist interpretation. The falsehood is a perfect example of the stereotype, "that a male knows best". Throughout the story the author does a intimately job of placing you in the womens shoes. He makes you feel the control he has oer her, mentally as well as physically.      Most males have a tendency to think that they know best. A man will never stop at a gas station to ask directions from a local resident in a town that he has been mazed in for two hours because of course he knows his panache around faraway better than the local ever would. He will find his way eventually even if it takes him the entire day. John makes it well known that he knows best. In line 30 he states, "Your exercise depends on your strength, dear, and your fare somewhat on your appetite but air you can draw in all the time." Yes John is a physician but he does not know exactly what her illness is therefore he cannot state what depends on what. He tells her that her exercise depends on her strength yet she is not allowed to go out of the house. No matter her strength she will not be able exercise.     The way the story is written (not organized/unfocused), gives you a confined feeling of no way out, just as the character feels. The story is written to make you empathize with the character. The form of writing is relat...