What Is The Tone Of The Yellow Wallpaper

During the time of the 19th century, the medicine industry was not advanced in Anatomy of women. In the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator is experiencing a difficult time controlling her “nervous depression” that was a diagnosis given by her husband. The narrators experience is an example of how medical setback is a detriment to women’s body and mind. The husband, who is a doctor, doesn’t care for much of her illness and does this by keeping her in a specific room, which the narrator dislikes, to ensure that he is not embarrassed by society. The husband ensures that his wife doesn’t break down and does this by forbidding her from writing or working. Nevertheless, the narrator disregards her husband’s orders and continues to write alone in her journal. The narrator uses her journal as a way to relieve her mind. While doing so, the narrator starts to describe the house. The narrator describes some attributes in the house as positive, but others have a negative tone to …show more content…
Jon is identified in relation to the patriarchy first and in relation to his wife only afterwards: he is “a physician of high standing and one’s own husband” (Ford 310). In other words, Jon represents the system of society in which the eldest male is head of the family. This is how Jon is able to make the narrator be in the room in which he chooses and ensures she doesn’t go and explore the adult world. In addition, Jon is able to oppress the narrator’s mind by having this patriarchy mindset. The narrator is afraid of telling her husband what is on her mind. Another way of the husband representing a patriarchy is by the husband ensuring that the only diagnosis the wife has is mentally ill. After seeing the narrator’s symptoms, Jon doesn’t double check or doubt his diagnosis. The actions of Jon represents that the male household is always right and anyone else shouldn’t doubt his