The Wallpaper Rebellion

In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the real point of rebellion is the climax of the story where the narrator rips all the wallpaper off her wall. This is the first time she takes action towards freedom. "There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about me, or ever will" (Gilman 192). The narrator says this because the wall is what confines her and her depression thoughts. When she finally rips it down, she feels a little more relieved and free now that her depression is literally being ripped off the wall.