I read "The Yellow Wallpaper" years ago - haven't re-read it in forever. I loved it (as much as one can love a horror story).
I think it helps to realize not only (as you did) that she was a prisoner of her mind and a prisoner of her time, but that she was a prisoner of both at the same time. There was literally no escape for her. I found it so terrifying that I don't even remember the happy ending - just a tiny woman behind the wallpaper. I'm sure it
Guess I'll have to go home and re-read it tonight. I'm sure it will read much differently now than it did when I read it some twenty years ago.
Gilman also wrote a feminist utopia called "Herland," which can be fun if you're in the right mood!
