Symbolic Representation of Women’s Suffrage in The Yellow Wallpaper
Parikh 1 Parth Parikh Mr. Hart English R/M, Period 5 4 September 2012 Symbolic Representation of Women?s Suffrage in The Yellow Wallpaper In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main theme is the women?s suffrage and oppression in a patriarchal society. Set in the Victorian age, the story mainly focuses on how men attempted to mentally oppress women in this time period. There are three main examples in this story where the theme, women?s suffrage, connects to the symbols mentioned by the author.