Yellow Wallpaper & Female Depression Term Paper

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Her account of his complete discounting of her expressed needs, (which he dismisses without a second thought), as well as her description of his attitude toward her engaging in any sort of productive work or mentally stimulating activity or social relationships of any kind also suggest that the protagonist is, on some level if not consciously, aware that her physician husband's wisdom may be lacking with respect to what is the right and most beneficial course of treatment for her depression.

To be fair, physicians of the 19th century were trained to ignore many of the symptoms that modern medicine now associates with diseases of the mind, particularly in the case of women.

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In all likelihood, had a male patient presented with identical symptoms, the same physician would have recognized the value of productive work, intellectual stimulation, and fulfilling social relationships in depression. Ultimately,

Gilman's romantic fictional narrative incorporates dark imagery, and an uninformed protagonist with prescient suspicions and reactions about her condition. Its effective use leaves the reader hardly any alternative but to realize the role of ignorance of 19th century medical views pertaining to women as a causal factor in the protagonist's mental decline......

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