The smudge is where the woman (unbeknownst to the reader) has been creeping around and around the wall, as she does in the end.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper.
An American writer who published "The Yellow Wallpaper"
the yellow wallpaper?
symbolism
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist writer in the the late 19th century one of her more famous works is "The Yellow Wallpaper".
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Short Stories
An example of verbal irony in The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is when the narrator says, "The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out." This is ironic because the narrator is actually the one trapped by societal expectations and her husband's control, not the figure in the wallpaper.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist who spent a good deal of her life as a lecture and a writer. She wrote a book titled "The Yellow Wallpaper" which helped many women who suffered from depression.
The short story The Yellow Wallpaper is based around the changing roles of womanhood and the reflects menÕs disparaging attitudes. This short story was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
the main character speaks as herself.
the main character speaks as herself.
The main character uses the pronouns I and my