Gender

Throughout all of my years of schooling and every history class I have taken I have always learned about the history of a woman or group of women that have been oppressed. Women were frequently subject to the standards of men. For this essay, I will argue about the gender differences between John and his wife in the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper.” I will explain why John’s wife was not treated fairly because of the contrast between gender roles.

The narrator, John’s wife, feels she was expected to take on the stereotypical female role and cater to whatever needs her husband might present her with. She suffers with symptoms of depression. I believe it is only because John has been controlling her since they were wed. When John’s wife wrote, “I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes. I’m sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition,” in essence stating that she used to be strong-willed but over time