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Essay / Yellow Wallpaper Feminism - 1347
Charlotte chose a woman to display feminism, but in grotesque behavior. It shows the woman turning away from the light of day and living in darkness. The woman prefers to sleep during this insignificant day, because nothing moves in the wallpaper until nightfall. The narrator's imagination darkens as what lies between the motifs becomes manifest. The horrible faces of frozen death, that's what she seems to see. It represents the many women who tried to break out of their own cage but gave up when they found themselves stuck. He thus died from suffocation caused by oppression, but interpreted as strangulation due to his attempt to escape. Since the begging, she suspects the house has a horrible past. She is surprised until she is sent to this room. She is kept away from the beautiful aspects of the house and only receives the unpleasant aspects. She is attracted to what she feels she hates the most. It's old, smelly and nasty but irresistible to his subconscious. The morbid side seems to do more for her since then and she focuses on