The Yellow Wallpaper Character Analysis Essay

In the "Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the villain I would think would be the narrator's husband, John. His characteristics would be described as practical, authoritative, and selfish. He is always about the book and rules when it comes to his wife's depression treatment. Especially being her physician, but he loves his wife and is trying to help even though it doesn’t come off that way. John is a practical male behavior when it comes to his wife. He goes by the book on how to cure depression and not on how his wife wants him to handle it. His wife doesn’t have any type of say so in what involves her treatment. He is very stubborn to her needs and believes what everyone else says instead. Another characteristics of John would have to be he is very much in need of being in an authoritative position. He has the mentality of “I’m the man, listen to everything I say.” Attitude and approach to his wife and the household. He locks his wife in a room on the upper level of the house for the treatment, but he doesn’t fully understand the effects of what isolation will do for his wife mental state. He can’t even fulfill his wife simple request of letting her move rooms because of how uncomfortable the room made her feel. His authoritative attitude forces her to hide her true feelings …show more content…
He has the compassion about his wife having treatment and not being able to interact, but doesn’t truly know his wife deep down only superficially. He goes by the book during their relationship and doesn’t want to hear anything she says. She wanted to the downstairs bedroom that was connected to the garden/patio area. If only he listened, I’m positive she would have recovered I’m positive her attitude and depression would have dissipated. The wallpaper and isolation are making her depression and mental state worst. If he had only listened to her needs none of this would be