The document provides background information on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper." It summarizes the plot of the story, which follows a woman who is sent to a nursery room to recuperate from depression and becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in the room. The document discusses major themes of feminism, female imprisonment, and the changing perceptions of insanity depicted in the story through the narrator's declining mental state. It also profiles the main characters and provides context on Gilman's life experiences that influenced the story.

1. "The Yellow Wall-paper" Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

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