"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a feminist short story that depicts the horrors of the rest cure. Rest cure – a treatment for women with mental and physical illnesses – has challenged many female lives. The story was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman – an American journalist by profession, and the fighter for female rights by vocation. The author experienced the destructive effects of the rest cure. In relation, the narrator of the story has suffered from nervous disorder post-giving birth. Hence, the narrator’s husband improperly treats his wife via rest cure, causing her to fall into the world behind the gaudy wallpaper. The Yellow Wallpaper indicates the nameless narrator’s suffocation morally and physically, through the improper rest cure treatment being applied. Therefore, The Yellow Wallpaper can be regarded as a gothic horror story, as well as feminist allegory, which portrays the woman forced to obey her husband, and in accordance causes her mental sufferings. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that the “yellow wallpaper” resembles a central image. The heroine of the narrative notices the gaudy patterns of the wallpaper. According to the nameless narrator, “The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow turning sunlight” (Gilman 6). As she further observes the yellow wallpaper, she realizes increased level of disturbing feelings and images in her mind till her reason crosses the line between sanity and madness, “This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!” (Gilman 6). The yellow wallpaper penetrates into the woman's imagination and deepens her depression. In this respect, Gilman's literary piece proves to be a gothic horror story. Beneath the conventional plot of the story, the depiction of repression and sufferings is portrayed through the eyes of the mad narrator. Furthermore, this particular gothic horror story is full of intricate symbolism. For instance, the particular ugly wallpaper symbolizes internal anxiety of the protagonist. Which gradually further deteriorates her mental state. Moreover, the female character becomes detached from the real world and her level of psychic instability rises. The writer also emphasizes the role of the “yellow wallpaper” as the ex