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1、TheYellowWallpaperTheYellowWallpaperCharlottePerkinsGilman1TheYellowWallpaperItisveryseldomthatmereordinarypeoplelikeJohnandmyselfsecureancestralhallsforthesummer.Acolonialmansion,ahereditaryestate,Iwouldsayahauntedhouse,andreachtheheightofromanticfelicity--butthatwouldbeaski
2、ngtoomuchoffate!StillIwillproudlydeclarethatthereissomethingqueeraboutit.Else,whyshoulditbeletsocheaply?Andwhyhavestoodsolonguntenanted?Johnlaughsatme,ofcourse,butoneexpectsthatinmarriage.Johnispracticalintheextreme.Hehasnopatiencewithfaith,anintensehorrorofsuperstition,andhe
3、scoffsopenlyatanytalkofthingsnottobefeltandseenandputdowninfigures.Johnisaphysician,andPERHAPS--(Iwouldnotsayittoalivingsoul,ofcourse,butthisisdeadpaperandagreatrelieftomymind)--PERHAPSthatisonereasonIdonotgetwellfaster.YouseehedoesnotbelieveIamsick!Andwhatcanonedo?Ifaphysici
4、anofhighstanding,andone'sownhusband,assuresfriendsandrelativesthatthereisreallynothingthematterwithonebuttemporarynervousdepression--aslighthystericaltendency--whatisonetodo?Mybrotherisalsoaphysician,andalsoofhighstanding,andhesaysthesamething.SoItakephosphatesorphosphites--w
5、hicheveritis,andtonics,andjourneys,andair,andexercise,andamabsolutelyforbiddento"work"untilIamwellagain.Personally,Idisagreewiththeirideas.Personally,Ibelievethatcongenialwork,withexcitementandchange,woulddomegood.Butwhatisonetodo?Ididwriteforawhileinspiteofthem;butitDOESexha
6、ustmeagooddeal--havingtobesoslyaboutit,orelsemeetwithheavyopposition.IsometimesfancythatmyconditionifIhadlessoppositionandmoresocietyandstimulus--butJohnsaystheveryworstthingIcandoistothinkaboutmycondition,andIconfessitalwaysmakesmefeelbad.2TheYellowWallpaperSoIwillletitalone
7、andtalkaboutthehouse.Themostbeautifulplace!Itisquitealone,standingwellbackfromtheroad,quitethreemilesfromthevillage.ItmakesmethinkofEnglishplacesthatyoureadabout,fortherearehedgesandwallsandgatesthatlock,andlotsofseparatelittlehousesforthegardenersandpeople.ThereisaDELICIOUSg
8、arden!Ineversawsuchagarden--largeandshady,fullofbox-borderedpaths,an