The Yellow Wallpaper

by

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper Symbols

The Wallpaper

The yellow wallpaper of the ‘nursery’ gives this story its title, and becomes an obsession of the narrator, who begins to view it as a living entity. Its significance shifts as the story progresses… read analysis of The Wallpaper

The Diary

The story is told through a series of secret entries in the diary of the narrator, who has been forbidden from writing. As a form of written expression, the diary represents the life of… read analysis of The Diary

The Mysterious Figure

As the story progresses, the narrator begins to imagine that, in a certain light, a mysterious figure appears within the wallpaper. Eventually this figure takes on the form of a woman, and she seems… read analysis of The Mysterious Figure