Analysis of yellow wallpaper Gender played a very important role in the story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It symbolizes how women were viewed in the 1800s by society and, more importantly, by men. The narrator of the story believes that she has a nervous disorder. Her husband, being a doctor, minimizes and imposes a treatment that completely isolates her in a room from the outside world, as well as preventing her from being active and writing. As the narrator writes in her hidden diary, we begin to discover how peculiar she truly is when she becomes obsessed with yellow wallpaper. We know that the things he sees on the walls aren't there at all, but he shows readers the journey his mind takes into madness. The narrator's limitation and control over decisions shows the dominance of men over women and how her isolation from her husband has led to her losing her sanity. The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper never actually shares her name, although her thoughts and experiences within the story are made clear. The diary she kept could only be from the first person point of view and this helps society eventually understand that Charlotte Perkins Gilman used the story to express her feelings towards men, society and the Rest Cures treatment. It's no surprise that women in the 1800s were not treated equally. She uses a narrator and her diary to create a story to show women that they need to open their eyes and realize how they are being treated. The narrator's husband takes the blame for the condition and state of mind his wife was in. Readers find him to be very manipulative and controlling over his wife due to his high and prestigious job title. Ultimately, Gilman was trying to prove a point to the women in his society, and over time we find out that The Yellow Wallpaper is a feminist.