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The Yellow Wallpaper Characters

The Yellow Wallpaper Weir Mitchell

full list of every character in The Yellow Wallpaper & who they are — narrator, John, Jennie, Jane, Mary, baby, brother, mother, cousins & Weir Mitchell! go here if you just want a summary of The Yellow Wallpaper Unnamed Protagonist & Narrator: Our unnamed protagonist is the narrator of the story “The Yellow Wall-Paper,” a […]

List of The Yellow Wallpaper Articles

The Yellow Wallpaper Flower

This is a list of critical essays and articles for The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that you can read online. Hall, Thelma R. “Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”: A Surrealistic Portrayal of a Woman’s Arrested Development.” 1994. Hume, Beverly A. “Managing Madness in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper”.” Studies in American Fiction, vol. […]

“Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper?” an essay by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Forerunner Original 1913 October Issue Published by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    The following essay is written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who wrote The Yellow Wall-Paper. It was first published in The Forerunner in October 1913.   Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper? Many and many a reader has asked that. When the story first came out, in the New England Magazine about 1891, a […]

The Yellow Wallpaper Film: Interview with Kevin Pontuti & Alexandra Loreth

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Illustrator Sara Barkat interviews the creative forces behind a new film version of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wall-Paper.

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The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary

Summary of the Yellow Wallpaper In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a woman is persuaded by her husband, John, to take the rest cure from an ambiguous nervous breakdown (possibly linked to post-partum depression). The house they go to is old, broken-down, and, our unnamed narrator and main character thinks, quite possibly haunted—at […]

How to Do Literary Analysis: An Experimental Reflection Based on The Yellow Wall-Paper

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Ocean Literary Analysis as Conversation The Yellow Wall-Paper

How do you do literary analysis? You might begin by treating it as a conversation between you, the reader, and the writer’s words. After all, the story wants to be heard. Let’s start with The Yellow-Wallpaper.

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‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Book Club: Divinest Sense

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Sara Barkat

Join author Megan Willome as we read a graphic novel of ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ using Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘Much Madness is divinest Sense–’ as our guide.

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‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Book Club: Tell It Slant

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Sara Barkat

Join author Megan Willome as we read a graphic novel of ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ using Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘Tell all the truth but tell it slant–’ as our guide.

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‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Book Club: The Thing With Feathers

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Join author Megan Willome as we read a graphic novel of “The Yellow Wall-Paper” using Emily Dickinson’s poem “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers–” as our guide.

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Book Club Announcement: ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper: a graphic novel’ (+ two more book clubs for spring)

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Sara Barkat

“When I teach poetry,” says author Megan Willome, “I remind people that there is no secret code to crack. So also with this story. There isn’t one right answer — or rather, there are as many answers as there are shades of yellow.” Come share your palette of views, in our new book club!

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Literary Analysis: The Yellow Wall-Paper Affects Us All

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The Yellow Wallpaper Flower

The Yellow Wall-Paper may seem like a simple story on the surface, but it’s actually quite complex. This analysis of the classic 1892 story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman probes that complexity in fascinating ways.

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Why She Created ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Graphic Novel

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Sara Barkat

Megan Willome reviews Sara Barkat’s new graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and explores the power of *writing,* to keep the soul steady.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Graphic Novel, Interview, The Yellow Wall-Paper, Year of Wisdom

The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Graphic Novel

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The Yellow Wall-Paper was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. More than a century later, it has been interpreted by artist Sara Barkat.

Brianna: Short Story + Fairy Tale Poetry Prompt

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sleeping beauty roses fairy tale poetry prompt

Brianna is an enchanting science fiction story that re-imagines the classic Sleeping Beauty tale. Come try your hand at re-imagining a fairy tale in poetry!

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The Mannequin—Short Story + Erasure Poetry Prompt

By Sara Barkat 17 Comments

peacock feathers mannequin story erasure poetry

A shiver-worthy story about a woman who trusts her heart to Society’s solution. The perfect beginning for an erasure poetry prompt!

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Children’s Book Club: ‘The Midnight Ball’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

squirrel eating nuts

The Midnight Ball feels like stepping inside a fairy tale. There’s something about pen-and-ink drawings that are an invitation.

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The Shivering Ground & Other Stories

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The Shivering Ground & Other Stories Science Fiction short story collection

An eclectic science fiction short story collection with an eco-fiction emphasis. The Shivering Ground & Other Stories brims with striking images and language.

“Two Skies [from England]” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

< Return to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Poems Two Skies from England They have a sky in Albion,      At least they tell me so; But she will wear a veil so thick, And she does have the sulks so quick,      And weeps so long and slow,      That one can hardly know. Yes, there’s a sky in […]

“Limits” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

< Return to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Poems Limits On sand—loose sand and shifting— On sand—dry sand and drifting—      The city grows to the west; Not till its border reaches The ocean-beaten beaches         Will it rest. On hills—steep hills and lonely, That stop at cloudland only—      The city climbs to the sky; Not till the souls […]

“It is Good to Be Alive” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

< Return to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Poems It is Good to Be Alive It is good to be alive when the trees shine green, And the steep red hills stand up against the sky; Big sky, blue sky, with flying clouds between— It is good to be alive and see the clouds drive by! It […]

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