In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," who or what does the woman in the wallpaper most likely represent? all of the women the narrator wishes she could be Jane-the woman referred to at the end of the story the narrator's sister-in-law the narrator gone mad

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Jaydin Prince

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6 April, 09:39

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," who or what does the woman in the wallpaper most likely represent? all of the women the narrator wishes she could be Jane-the woman referred to at the end of the story the narrator's sister-in-law the narrator gone mad

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Edwin Dorsey · Answer 1

The woman in the book represents the psychological problems a woman might face in that era. Her husband makes her live in a rundown house believing it would heal her. Her husband loves her in the wrong ways he doesn't necessarily want to get her better.