Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman“The Yellow Wallpaper”

2. DOL • rob commented that us neighbors has got to be welcoming to children outside of our neighborhood he mentioned to us • pronoun (case) • verb (have) • reduction (unnecessary words, redundancy) • Outsidenotoutside of • Rob commented that we neighbors have to be welcoming to children outside our neighborhood.

3. Journal • Is someone who is mentally unstable a reliable source of information?

4. Anticipation Guide • Women sometimes experience severe depression after having a baby. • Someone who is suffering a mental breakdown is still a reliable source. • Yellow wallpaper would be pretty in a baby’s room. • In the 1800’s, women were dependant on their husbands for everything. • A “rest-cure” is a good medical treatment.

5. Charlotte Perkins Gilman • Born in 1860 • What was life like for women during this time period? • Wives were property of their husbands • Wives had no direct legal control over their earnings, children or belongings. • Some laws prohibited women from going into business without their husband’s consent • And a husband could decide where a family would live

6. Gilman’s father often left for extended periods of time leaving his wife and children with family: • Great-Aunt, Harriet Beecher Stowe- an abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Abolitionist- a reformer who favors abolishing slavery • Great-Aunt, Catherine Beecher- the prominent advocate of “domestic feminism.” • Prominent- widely known • Great-Aunt, Isabella Beecher Hooker- an ardent suffragist. • Suffragist- an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women). • Her mother was extremely self-reliant.

7. Her father and mother divorced. • Gilman advocated for women’s independence. • She paid her mother room and board while supporting herself as a teacher and a commercial artist. • She got married and gave birth to a daughter in 1884 then suffered severe depression (post-partum).

8. A doctor prescribed a rest-cure. • rest-cure- complete bed-rest and limited intellectual activity • She removed herself from her doctor’s care and divorced her husband. • She moved to California and became a very important advocator for women’s rights. • She took her life in 1935 after discovering that she had inoperable cancer. • Inoperable • Unsuitable for a surgical procedure

9. Setting… • Setting- tells the time and place of action. • Setting can play an important role in the conflict. • Simile- a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words like or as: the top layer of the wallpaper is like bars.

10. Personification- giving human traits to non-human things. • Imagery- using language that appeals to any sense or any combination of senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) • Examples of imagery in The Yellow Wallpaper: • find as you read