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    • “The Yellow Wallpaper” Ending: Is Jane Dead Or Alive?

    Jane (Alexandra Loreth) is taken to a countryside mansion by her husband, John (Joe Mullins), who is also a doctor. They have recently had a baby, and John has brought his wife here so that she can recover her strength as well as from her postpartum depression. However, his care seems to be an excuse for the oppression that was very much prevalent ...

    The story is set in a time when patriarchy ruled society. And while “The Yellow Wallpaper” has depression as its primary theme, patriarchal oppression is also dormant, trying to peep through the cloak of care that John has put on Jane. Throughout the film, it is clear that John is more interested in her “talents” as a mother than as a writer. And i...

    “The Yellow Wallpaper,” as well as the metal gate, seem to symbolize the artificial cage that she is in. While the wallpaper has the design of a wilderness, the gate too has vines climbing up it. So, it may seem natural, but in reality, they are just “wallpapers” over the real metal cage that Jane is trapped in. That she is trying to get out of it ...

    To be frank, Jane is dead, but in her death, she becomes more alive than she ever was. The ending of the film is of utmost importance as it shows her utter helplessness and how she gets rid of it in the only way she knew she could. Towards the end of the film, she says that she sees the woman (behind the wallpaper) hiding under the vines when a car...

  1. Jul 4, 2019 · She becomes convinced that the ‘woman behind’ the yellow wallpaper is shaking it, thus moving the front pattern of the paper. She says she has seen this woman creeping about the grounds of the house during the day; she returns to behind the wallpaper at night.

  2. She then tells us she thinks she can see a woman ‘stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern.’ She becomes obsessed with the wallpaper as her mental state deteriorates, before eventually locking herself within the room and crawling around on the floor.

  3. Quick answer: The woman in the wallpaper represents the narrator's repressed self, trapped within the domestic sphere. As the narrator descends into madness, she identifies with...

  4. Trapped Woman: The trapped woman behind the wallpaper represents the narrator’s own repressed desires and ambitions. As the story progresses, the narrator identifies more closely with the woman, ultimately leading to her act of liberation. The ending can be seen as a release of the narrator’s suppressed self. 5.

  5. The play was inspired by "The Yellow Wallpaper", but focuses on exploring postnatal depression and postpartum psychosis in the present day and uses shadow work cast behind wallpaper to represent the "Shadow Woman" which new mother Julie sees as part of her psychosis.

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  7. The narrator keeps this mysterious figure’s existence a secret from her husband, John, and in the story’s climax seeks to free her by destroying the wallpaper. The woman behind the wallpaper seems to represent the narrator’s own sense of confinement and being oppressed, and she eventually identifies herself entirely with this mysterious ...