The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a deceivingly simple story The story follows a woman that suffers from post partum depression and is taken to a hereditary estate by her husband John a physician to recover Instead of the quiet peaceful time that was expected she begins to delve deeper into insanity thanks to her cure She is a prisoner not able to do anything but stare at the wall She becomes intrigued with the hideous yellow wallpaper covering her room In the end she complete