Paper 1: Minimum of 900 words:
How did Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s experience with puerperal mania (post-partum depression) affect her writing of “The Yellow Wallpaper”? Read over her essay, “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’” read a biography about Gilman from one of the UCC Library databases or Questia, and along with quotations from the story, provide an argument that supports your opinion of this issue.
How did Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s experience with puerperal mania (post-partum depression) affect her writing of “The Yellow Wallpaper”?
