The Yellow Wallpaper
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All Themes Mental Illness and its Treatment Gender Roles and Domestic Life Outward Appearance vs. Inner Life Self-Expression, Miscommunication, and Misunderstanding
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All Characters The Narrator John
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All Symbols The Wallpaper The Diary The Mysterious Figure
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The Yellow Wallpaper

by

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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