Outwardly, John appears to be a loving husband. Nevertheless, his idea of holding his wife captive is doing more harm than good. He pushes her deeper into madness with the "rest cure" and inactivity with the outside world. The room is relative to a prison sail with the floor being "scratched and gouged and splintered" and bars covering the windows (5). John has made her a prisoner to their marriage. As his wife, her opinions are not important and are pushed to the side. Her insanity begins to develop in a form of rebellion. This became her way to break out of the imprisonment society has pushed her
