Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a leading feminist intellectual author, pens down this story of 'The Yellow Wallpaper', in which, the titular character of the story has been exiled to 'rest cure' in a chamber of a colonial mansion due to postpartum depression. Isolated in a crumbling colonial mansion, in a room with bars on the windows, the tortuous pattern of the yellow wallpaper of the room winds its way into the recesses of her mind.
This chilling tale of a woman 'captive' inside her rental mansion, is a reminder of an epoch of feminine oppression by the patriarchal society. The story has a myriad of interpretations all across the English literature. Give it a go and who knows? You may also end up with some of your own theory or interpretation of this 19th century tale.
