The Yellow Wallpaper

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What is the key question that the author is addressing

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Gilman is questioning the methods that were used to treat depression at the time the novel was written. Giman, herself, had been a patient prescribed the "rest cure", and her intent was to expose the dangers of the treatment both physically and emotionally.

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The Yellow Wallpaper