Theme: Conformity Conformity plays a huge role in The Yellow Wallpaper. Her husband, John, is a physician. That is one of the better jobs in that time. Since they are wealthier than most. He needs to conform to society because if he does not then he will be seen as strange. Also, since he has patients he needs to know what he is doing. He has make sure his patients are getting the common treatment. Not only did the husbands need to conform, so did the wives. “I meant to be such a help to John, such a real rest and comfort, and here I am a comparative burden already” (Stetson, 649). The wives were supposed to take care of the husbands. The wives are supposed to cook, clean, and have children. Also, the husbands are correct and the wives should
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In the beginning she is seems quite sane but towards the she is definitely insane. I believe that the author has always been insane, but that “treatment” just makes it worse.
“I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store. I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big, old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend. I used to feel that if any of the other things looked too fierce I could always hop into that chair and be safe” (Stetson, 650).
Every child has an imagination but she takes it too far. She would make herself terrified by furniture. For most children that fright is all play but for her it is real. She has an imagination but she lets it get the best of her. Since she has to stay in that room and do nothing her imagination runs wild. She starts seeing patterns in the wallpaper. One layer she sees is bars and behind that she sees a woman. Eventually towards the end she believes that the woman has gotten out. At the very end she tears off the wallpaper and believes that she was in the wall and that John and Jane (nobody knows who Jane is) put her in the wall. The Narrator has always been insane but the towards the end of the story is when it really
In the beginning she is seems quite sane but towards the she is definitely insane. I believe that the author has always been insane, but that “treatment” just makes it worse.
“I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store. I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big, old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend. I used to feel that if any of the other things looked too fierce I could always hop into that chair and be safe” (Stetson, 650).
Every child has an imagination but she takes it too far. She would make herself terrified by furniture. For most children that fright is all play but for her it is real. She has an imagination but she lets it get the best of her. Since she has to stay in that room and do nothing her imagination runs wild. She starts seeing patterns in the wallpaper. One layer she sees is bars and behind that she sees a woman. Eventually towards the end she believes that the woman has gotten out. At the very end she tears off the wallpaper and believes that she was in the wall and that John and Jane (nobody knows who Jane is) put her in the wall. The Narrator has always been insane but the towards the end of the story is when it really