Many people around the world are incredibly influenced by society 's disparity. Throughout time, most civilizations have set standards for women, mentally ill people, people of color and even men. And that is only a few of the collectives affected as such. For instance, it is generally expected that women conform to the domestic role that has been in place for thousands of years in western societies. Any woman that shows imagination, sexuality or independent thought is shamed and/or discredited as a person. Individuals can easily lose their sense of self because of societies subjugation and in turn can find it harder to distinguish between illusion and reality. In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane is under the control of John, and she begins to lose her individuality because of him. His influence takes away her sense of self and creates the illusions she has hindrance discerning from reality.
The relationship between John and Jane represents how society tends to treat mentally ill women. Especially in the nineteenth century, mental illness was seldom taken seriously. Jane describes …show more content…
But slowly, throughout her diary entries, she goes from believing he is at fault for her worsening condition to slowly believing that he may be right. Before, she wished to indulge in innocuous activities of her choice, but John argued that such things were the cause of her illness. She starts to accept what John says and believes that she really is fragile and incapable of anything but resting. For instance, on page 5, she comments that “half the time now [she] is awfully lazy”. Her personality has been influenced by John. He is a man- her husband and an educated physician and she has been conditioned her entire life to believe that men like him are superior to her. And so, she loses her sense of individuality to the man she is supposed to trust the
The relationship between John and Jane represents how society tends to treat mentally ill women. Especially in the nineteenth century, mental illness was seldom taken seriously. Jane describes …show more content…
But slowly, throughout her diary entries, she goes from believing he is at fault for her worsening condition to slowly believing that he may be right. Before, she wished to indulge in innocuous activities of her choice, but John argued that such things were the cause of her illness. She starts to accept what John says and believes that she really is fragile and incapable of anything but resting. For instance, on page 5, she comments that “half the time now [she] is awfully lazy”. Her personality has been influenced by John. He is a man- her husband and an educated physician and she has been conditioned her entire life to believe that men like him are superior to her. And so, she loses her sense of individuality to the man she is supposed to trust the