Gothic horror stories often express cultural anxieties and explore social issues. In an essay of 700 – 750 words, discuss how Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” addresses domestic abuse. Explain how the story’s Gothic elements (the creepy wallpaper and the mysterious woman who appears behind it) serve as symbols for the pressures of marriage and motherhood placed on women in Gilman’s era

Gothic horror stories often express cultural anxieties and
explore social issues. In an essay of 700 – 750 words, discuss
how Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story “The Yellow Wall-Paper”
addresses domestic abuse. Explain how the story’s Gothic
elements (the creepy wallpaper and the mysterious woman who
appears behind it) serve as symbols for the pressures of
marriage and motherhood placed on women in Gilman’s era