The Yellow Wallpaper
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The Yellow Wallpaper is a seminal 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that critiques the treatment of women’s mental health and the oppressive gender roles of the 19th century through a chilling tale of psychological descent.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Yellow Wallpaper canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9835135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yellow Wallpaper Context triple: [Charlotte Perkins Gilman, notableWork, The Yellow Wallpaper]
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A.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour is a widely studied short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of marriage, freedom, and female autonomy through the emotional awakening of a woman who believes her husband has died.
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B.
Mrs. Mallard
Mrs. Mallard is the mother duck character from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," known for leading her brood through the streets of Boston.
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C.
The Birth-Mark
"The Birth-Mark" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of obsession, perfection, and the dangers of scientific hubris through a scientist's fixation on removing a small flaw from his wife's face.
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D.
The Strange Woman
The Strange Woman is a 1946 film noir–style drama starring Hedy Lamarr as a manipulative and seductive woman whose schemes wreak havoc in a small 19th-century Maine town.
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E.
The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window is a 1987 neo-noir thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson, in which Steve Guttenberg becomes entangled in a murder investigation after witnessing an attack from his lover’s apartment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yellow Wallpaper Target entity description: The Yellow Wallpaper is a seminal 1892 short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman that critiques the treatment of women’s mental health and the oppressive gender roles of the 19th century through a chilling tale of psychological descent.
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A.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour is a widely studied short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of marriage, freedom, and female autonomy through the emotional awakening of a woman who believes her husband has died.
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B.
Mrs. Mallard
Mrs. Mallard is the mother duck character from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book "Make Way for Ducklings," known for leading her brood through the streets of Boston.
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C.
The Birth-Mark
"The Birth-Mark" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of obsession, perfection, and the dangers of scientific hubris through a scientist's fixation on removing a small flaw from his wife's face.
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D.
The Strange Woman
The Strange Woman is a 1946 film noir–style drama starring Hedy Lamarr as a manipulative and seductive woman whose schemes wreak havoc in a small 19th-century Maine town.
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E.
The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window is a 1987 neo-noir thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson, in which Steve Guttenberg becomes entangled in a murder investigation after witnessing an attack from his lover’s apartment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
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feminist literature ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Charlotte Perkins Gilman ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
confinement and isolation
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critique of the treatment of women’s mental health ⓘ madness and psychological descent ⓘ oppressive gender roles ⓘ patriarchy and medical authority ⓘ postpartum depression ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfJohn |
husband of the narrator
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physician ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
19th-century medical treatment of women
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domestic confinement of women ⓘ the rest cure ⓘ |
| firstPersonNarratorGender | female ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The New England Magazine
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linked to:
The New-England Magazine
|
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s own experience with rest cure treatment ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
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linked to:
Realism
feminist literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
frequently anthologized American short story
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important text in women’s studies ⓘ seminal work of feminist fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jennie
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John ⓘ unnamed female narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed woman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1892 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | a rented country estate ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | series of diary-like journal entries ⓘ |
| symbol | yellow wallpaper ⓘ |
| symbolismOfYellowWallpaper |
female entrapment
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social constraints on women ⓘ the narrator’s deteriorating mental state ⓘ |
| tone |
claustrophobic
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psychologically intense ⓘ unsettling ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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