The revelation of the narrator's name in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is very subtle. Her name does not appear until the very end of the story, but there is a gradual process by which the character breaks free enough to reveal her name, and the true tragedy of the tale is revealed. As the tale progresses, the narrator moves from believing that she sees a woman behind the wallpaper to embodying the imagined psyche of the...
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