In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper” the theme of madness is used to draw us into the story. The story also shows us that the main character, Jane, is slowly starting to develop madness by the way she interacts with her environment. An example of how everything around her is slowly driving her insane is the way that she obsesses over the yellow wallpaper. This accompanied by her having no outside exposure, which is also combined with the feeling that neither her husband or made is listening to her. With all of these factors, Perkins is illustrating how being lonely and having depression are the driving forces that would make you go insane. Being one of the main focal point of the story, Gilman shows us that being a person
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The stress of being lonely would have been more than enough to drive her insane, and feeling like no one will be there for you just adds to it. Also even if she would have been able to fight feeling lonely long enough to see that they really did care , she would have still been very wary to believe they actually cared what she thinks or if they really care to listen to what she has to say. When you combine all of this information with all the depression problems, the result can be even more terrifying. The second burden, depression, is just as if not more troubling than the loneliness that she has. With the depression making her feel like she is less than human something times it is valid to see why she has to many problems. It is also seen that since she felt this way that she would not be able to be excited about doing anything. All of these problems are a burden to have by themselves, but having all of them at the same time makes it infinitely more troublesome to stay in your right mind. These problems are the reaon why Jane became insane and getting to see the staging she was going to would make anyone tube more cautious about how they handled their problems. The only escape that Jane found was the yellow wallpaper but it turned out to last object to push her into
The stress of being lonely would have been more than enough to drive her insane, and feeling like no one will be there for you just adds to it. Also even if she would have been able to fight feeling lonely long enough to see that they really did care , she would have still been very wary to believe they actually cared what she thinks or if they really care to listen to what she has to say. When you combine all of this information with all the depression problems, the result can be even more terrifying. The second burden, depression, is just as if not more troubling than the loneliness that she has. With the depression making her feel like she is less than human something times it is valid to see why she has to many problems. It is also seen that since she felt this way that she would not be able to be excited about doing anything. All of these problems are a burden to have by themselves, but having all of them at the same time makes it infinitely more troublesome to stay in your right mind. These problems are the reaon why Jane became insane and getting to see the staging she was going to would make anyone tube more cautious about how they handled their problems. The only escape that Jane found was the yellow wallpaper but it turned out to last object to push her into