In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” there is a thought after question of whether the husband of a woman is trying to help her, or trying to ruin her. Within the short story, a women, that was kept from the outside world, goes insane while living in a mansion for some time. After reading the story, I believe that the husband was truly trying to help his wife, when he kept her away from the outside world. One way that her husband tried to help her, was by keeping her away from society. Her husband was able to find that his wife had an emotional problem. “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression” (648). As
