Sunday, October 2, 2011
Imprisonment and Escape: The Psychology of Confinement
This critisism talks about how durring the 19 century women would use symboles like houses to represent their imprisonment.This critism talks about how Gillman was teated by S. Weir Michell who wasa a famouse nerve specialist. The critisim talks about how he treated Gillam and the way he did it was by not letting her write untlill she was well again. The same happend in the yellow wall paper. It talks about if Gillman were able to write she would be able to relese some stress or things she had been holding in for a long time. Then it also talks about how after the short story of the yellow wall paper was published that same docter who treated Gillman read it. After reading the story of the yellow wall paper Gillmans docter realized that he was doing his patients wrong insted of good. After he realized this he changes his treatment. When this happend Gillmans says that she had not lived in vane because she was able to change the treatment and be able to help other paitents who were suffering the same thing she was.
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It's always interesting to see how an author can connect their life situations into a story. Gillman helped other patients without any intentions. Its good that the docotor read her story because if he didnt who knows what might of happened to his other patients.
ReplyDeleteyea authors i guess just write whats in their head sometimes i bet they dont even realize their using examples of their lives. i think a house being inside it for a long time can make a person go mad =/
ReplyDeletei agree with what your saying. And im glad the doctor read the story because it helped better others.
ReplyDeletethe good thing now doctors know what could affect a women after birth...
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