The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. She was married at age 24 when she became deeply depressed and ordered to bed rest. This only worsened matters when she divorced her husband and began writing and speaking in California, where she eventually died in 1935. I think that this short story tells a lot about Charlotte’s mental breakdown. It was a way for her to get all that was running around …showed first 75 words of 483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 483 total…this only makes them madder, because now they feel that they have no creative outlet. In conclusion mental problems need to looked at talked out of the mind, not shut up inside and ignored. I think that this story illustrates this very well and that the author did a magnificent job in portraying this side of mental health. I think this story put a joyful twist to what people think is dark and frightening subject.