John as Role Model for Husbands in The Yellow Wallpaper -- The Yellow W

ripe day feminists enjoy looking into the past to find examples of fe compositionlike oppression. This play is employed in the hopes of demonstrating that oppression of their sex by the evil male populous has been going on for decades. One such work that is cited by feminists to showcase just how terrible women were treated in the first get of the twentieth century is Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The yellow(a) Wallpaper. Feminists are quick to point break that the main character in this fib is driven down the means of insanity by her uncaring maintain. It is of their opinion that John, the main characters husband, consistently neglects her by keeping her locked away upstairs. Other feminists argue that the main character was not actually insane, rather, she was pushed into a temporary state of delirium as a result of the state of confinement that her husband subjected her to. These same feminists will narrate that Johns consistent misdiagnosis of his married womans condition s macks of incompetence. It is their theory that if the main character were a man during this same period of time, doctors would have treated the condition differently. In other(a) words, men were not diagnosed with hysteria and bedridden for three months when they became depressed. As mentioned before, this is what nigh modern day feminists think. This is in stark contrast to the interpretation by us modern day realists. John was a good husband that shell outd deeply about his wifes condition. He is described at the beginning of the story as being a physician in high standing(a) (The Norton Anthology, p. 658). This description alone offers deep insight into what kind of treatment his wife was receiving. It is hard to imagine that any woman who is married to an extremely spectacular doct... ...he would have taken that golden opportunity to fly the so-called bread and butter that her husband had created for her. It can only be assumed that she enjoyed the prison that she created for herself since she didnt flee at any moment of opportunity. In summary, John should be championed as a role model for all aspiring husbands. He consistently showed complete devotion and concern for his wife throughout the story. He did everything deep down his power to make sure that she would have an expedited recovery from her ailments. John bent on(p) over backwards to ensure that all of his wifes needs were taken care of. Leave it to modern day feminists to find harm in that. Bibliography Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Ed. Nina Baym. Fifth Edition, Volume 2. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 1998. P. 657-69.