The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) (edit title/settings)

Jonetta (Ejaygirl) edited the characters of The Yellow Wallpaper Friday, November 11, 2011.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important PeopleCharacters

Aga M. edited the characters of The Yellow Wallpaper Friday, July 1, 2011.

• Removed a character: Edward Alsworth Ross
• Removed a character: Gilman
• Removed a character: George Eliot
• Removed a character: Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Removed a character: Edward Bellamy
• Removed a character: Walter Stetson
• Removed a character: Dr. Clair
• Removed a character: Grace Ellery Channing
• Removed a character: Dr. Pierce
• Removed a character: Ellis
• Removed a character: Kate Chopin
• Removed a character: Jane Addams
• Removed a character: Catharine Beecher
• Removed a character: Sangster
• Removed a character: Lester Frank Ward
• Removed a character: Krafft-ebing
• Removed a character: Dr. Tuke
• Removed a character: Harland
• Removed a character: Alice James
• Removed a character: Shaw
• Removed a character: William Dean Howells
• Removed a character: Comstock
• Removed a character: Roosevelt
• Removed a character: Katharine
• Removed a character: Heywood
• Removed a character: Dr. Leete

Kirsten edited the characters of The Yellow Wallpaper Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

• Edited the description of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell: The actual Dr. who used the "resting cure" to treat Charlotte Perkins Gilman. After reading Gilman's book Mitchell abandoned the "resting cure."
• Edited the description of Jennie: John's sister.

Rowland Bismark Fernando edited the characters of The Yellow Wallpaper Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Edited the description of John: The husband of the narrator, John is a practical physician who believes that his wife is suffering from nothing more than a “slight hysterical tendency.” He prescribes the “rest cure,” confining the narrator to the nursery and forbidding her to exercise her creative imagination in any way. His antagonism toward her imagination stems from his own rationality and personal anxiety about creativity; he scoffs openly at the narrator’s fancies and is incapable of understanding her true nature. Throughout the story, he treats her in an infantile manner, referring to her as his “blessed little goose” and “little girl.” Moreover, when the narrator attempts to discuss her unhappiness with the situation in a mature manner, he refuses to accept her as an equal and simply carries her back up to the nursery for more bed rest. He is fixed in his authoritative position as husband and doctor and cannot adapt his strategy to account for her opinion on the matter. He believes in a strict, paternalistic divide between men and women; men work outside of the home, as he does, while women like Jennie, his sister, and Mary, the nanny, tend to the house.

Shelfari edited the characters of The Yellow Wallpaper Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

• Added a character: Gilman
• Added a character: John
• Added a character: Dr. S. Weir Mitchell
• Added a character: Dr. Clair
• Added a character: Jennie
• Added a character: Walter Stetson
• Added a character: Ellis
• Added a character: Edward Bellamy
• Added a character: Lester Frank Ward
• Added a character: Krafft-ebing
• Added a character: William Dean Howells
• Added a character: Catharine Beecher
• Added a character: Alice James
• Added a character: Edward Alsworth Ross
• Added a character: Dr. Pierce
• Added a character: Dr. Tuke
• Added a character: Comstock
• Added a character: George Eliot
• Added a character: Dr. Leete
• Added a character: Katharine
• Added a character: Grace Ellery Channing
• Added a character: Shaw
• Added a character: Harland
• Added a character: Sangster
• Added a character: Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Added a character: Jane Addams
• Added a character: Roosevelt
• Added a character: Heywood
• Added a character: Kate Chopin