The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Gilman, is a fictional story based on her experiences as a woman in the Victorian era. Gilman depicts a woman, the narrator of the story, who is in a fairly constant process of mental degradation. The narrator is in a position where she has no control over her own life, due to the social position women held at the time, below men. Her husband, a doctor, has taken her to a country house to provide her with country air and isolation from people, which he believes will relieve her of nervous depression, although she does not believe it is the treatment she is looking for. he needs. Author Charlotte Gilman also discusses her ordeal with similar treatment to the narrator in Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper, while writer Barbara Hochman discusses the underlying symbol that is the wallpaper in The Reading Habit and "The Yellow Wallpaper". Through the theme, Gilman uses the narrator's isolation, by her husband, to describe the social position of women, while critiquing the position of women in society, particularly regarding the subordination they must endure in and out of marriage . When originally released, The Yellow Wallpaper was often misinterpreted, especially regarding the theme of the story. It was thought to be a purely physiological thriller, and it is, but people failed to read the underlying message of women's subordination. The narrator is not truly aware that she is not in control of her life, perhaps she is unconsciously so, but having grown up in a society where women resemble second-class citizens, she is ignorant of her situation. The Narrator loves her husband, and her husband does the same in return, but her beliefs and practices toward health and well-being... middle of paper... would show women that they know what's best for their health mental, not because of isolation, or what men tell them. After writing the story, Gilman sent a copy to his doctor, who, although he wouldn't admit it, changed his recovery procedure after reading it. Charolette Gilman was aware of the injustice women felt towards men, but unlike our narrator she was able to fight it. It's a shame that this story was only recently rediscovered, who knows what kind of impact it could have had on the fight for women's rights if it had been interpreted correctly. Fortunately, for the most part, the subordination of women is a matter of the past for the Western world, and women have an equal share of responsibility and respect in marriages. Gilman will be remembered as one of the many women who took the necessary steps to give women equal opportunities.