Based on the article you just read, what was Gilman’s reason for writing “The Yellow Wallpaper”?
to make sure readers knew that she wasn’t “mad” anymore
to help women avoid the fate she experienced
to teach readers how to write a short story
to let readers know what insanity is like
Answer:
to help women avoid the fate she experienced
Explanation:
The Yellow Wallpaper is a book written by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman where the journal entries of a woman about her physician husband is compiled and collated.
From the book, the account is told of a woman who is imposed on a self care rest by her husband as a result of the "temporary nervous depression" that came with having a baby.
In truth, the woman is 'imprisoned' in an upstairs nursery where yellow wallpapers, metal rings on the floor, barred windows and a gate at the top of the stairs are all part of the things used to confine her.
In he end, the woman one day strips the yellow wallpaper and locks the door preventing her husband entry and also pretending she is the woman behind the wallpaper. She writes so women can avid the fate and ordeal she went through.
