They get through, and then the pattern strangles them off and turns them upside down, and makes their eyes white!"(540). The outside of the wallpaper symbolizes society and culture. When a Victorian woman tries to go against the traditions of the day then she is an outcast in her class. As an outcast a woman does not only affect herself but also her husband and family name...
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As an outcast a woman does not only affect herself but also her husband and family name. Gilman gives the illusion that the wallpaper is a prison. "The front pattern does move- and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it?. I think that there are a great many women behind," (540). Since the Victorian women were not allowed to be intellectual because of the mere fact that they were women, women would think in private and then publish their ideas and writings under a man's name; however the women were never given credit for their ideas...
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