Insanity can be afflicted or intensified as a consequence of another person’s actions. Usually, this thought is not brought to someone’s attention when he or she decides to act or react a certain way. While being treated for a mind disorder by her husband, who is a doctor, Jane creates the illusion of being held captive in a wallpaper prison in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman, which was published in 1892. Published in 1926, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is about a young boy who goes on a gambling binge on the hunt for luck to ensure his mother’s happiness. Although “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” have quite different situations , D.H. Lawrence and Charlotte Gilman enhance the eerie
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The house terrorizes the family with its many voices chanting,”There must be more money!”(Lawrence 170). In fact, Paul just wants the voices to go away, because they start to chant as if they have went crazy (177) . This style is also used to describe the toys’ reactions of the “whispering” house. The group of toys’ reactions to the haunting of the house are described in the following ways: “the puppy looks foolishly, the doll smirks, and the horse bends his head”(171).As a result, Lawrence makes it easy and also paints a picture for the audience to imagine the nonliving items acting …show more content…
The main secret is between Jane and her husband: She still writes and hides it from her husband even though it is forbidden. Jane writes in her journal “There comes John, and I must put this away,-he hates to have me write a word”(87). Jane tends to think that since John is a doctor and does not want to believe she is sick, she stays sick out of coincidental spite ( Gilman 87). Similarly to Paul not wanting Hester to worry about money, Jane seems to hide the severity of her condition to John. Gilman announces that John does not know the suffrage of Jane’s condition (87). Schumaker argues that Jane “does not hide things” out of spite, but rather as a result of his “lack of acknowledgement” (Schumaker). On the contrary to Uncle Oscar witnessing and playing part to the gambling addiction, Jane is the only one with knowledge of the brutality of her illness. She even goes to the extreme of pretending to go to sleep to keep John’s sister from checking on her (98). The secrecy seems to act as an avoidance to worry, but rather to keep another family member happy in these
The house terrorizes the family with its many voices chanting,”There must be more money!”(Lawrence 170). In fact, Paul just wants the voices to go away, because they start to chant as if they have went crazy (177) . This style is also used to describe the toys’ reactions of the “whispering” house. The group of toys’ reactions to the haunting of the house are described in the following ways: “the puppy looks foolishly, the doll smirks, and the horse bends his head”(171).As a result, Lawrence makes it easy and also paints a picture for the audience to imagine the nonliving items acting …show more content…
The main secret is between Jane and her husband: She still writes and hides it from her husband even though it is forbidden. Jane writes in her journal “There comes John, and I must put this away,-he hates to have me write a word”(87). Jane tends to think that since John is a doctor and does not want to believe she is sick, she stays sick out of coincidental spite ( Gilman 87). Similarly to Paul not wanting Hester to worry about money, Jane seems to hide the severity of her condition to John. Gilman announces that John does not know the suffrage of Jane’s condition (87). Schumaker argues that Jane “does not hide things” out of spite, but rather as a result of his “lack of acknowledgement” (Schumaker). On the contrary to Uncle Oscar witnessing and playing part to the gambling addiction, Jane is the only one with knowledge of the brutality of her illness. She even goes to the extreme of pretending to go to sleep to keep John’s sister from checking on her (98). The secrecy seems to act as an avoidance to worry, but rather to keep another family member happy in these