Symbolism in The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper is overflowed with symbolism. Symbols are images that have a meaning beyond them selves in a short story, a symbol is a detail, a character, or an incident that has a meaning beyond its literal role in the narrative. Gilman uses symbols to tell her story of a woman’s mental state of being diminishes throughout the story. The following paragraphs tell just some of the symbols …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…reader can catch what she is trying to say. Gillman put together a remarkable collection of symbols throughout her story. Some are easy to find and others I haven’t even found. The point to the story is that women could not play a role in society back then because society felt it was wrong, society wanted women in the household. Guth, Hans P., and Gadriele L. Rico Discovering Literature second edition (1997) 204-216. Text Book.