The Yellow Wallpaper: Going Crazy The “Yellow Wallpaper” is a Descent into Madness in the nineteenth century. During this period of Literature, women were often portrayed as submissive to men and often-characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. The “Yellow Wallpaper” presents the tragic story or a woman’s descend into depression and madness. Gilman once wrote “Women’s subordination will only end when women lead the struggle for their own autonomy, thereby freeing man as well as themselves, because man suffers from the distortions that come from dominance, just as women are scarred by the subjugation i