Pain is present and is displayed through adverse ways and channelled through different avenues; pain is a constant theme in “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Pain and other variations of hurting are portrayed often and are central to the main idea of this story. The effects of pain are numerous as well as their causes. As a reader I have been able to read-between-the-lines of this story to discover some of the more hidden moments of agony as well as the ones that are easily observed on the surface. In this essay, I will be presenting quotations from The Yellow Wallpaper that show the kinds of pain and what causes them to manifest themselves as well as an experience from my life that might shed some light on the experience and feelings of the character.
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This doubt is one of the first steps that brings her pain fourth and allows it to manifest itself. Her husband, being a doctor, is respected and trusted; therefore, what he says carries more weight in a social context than what she says. John’s inability to see passed his medical training and the accepted notions about mental health of his time prevent him from being able to see his wife as a person, rather than a patient. John treats his wife to the best of his ability as a doctor and to him, he is doing the right thing by prescribing the rest cure; unintentionally he is subjecting his wife to depression, loneliness, and above all else, …show more content…
To cope with the distinct lack of stimulation, she develops a keen interest in the wallpaper. At first she despises it and said “I never saw a worse wallpaper in my life.” (Gilman 648). Slowly, however, she becomes increasingly attracted to it. Eventually she starts seeing figures in the wallpaper, she interprets it as a woman who is trapped. Through her deep pain of being separated from her life she imagines a woman, like herself, who is
This doubt is one of the first steps that brings her pain fourth and allows it to manifest itself. Her husband, being a doctor, is respected and trusted; therefore, what he says carries more weight in a social context than what she says. John’s inability to see passed his medical training and the accepted notions about mental health of his time prevent him from being able to see his wife as a person, rather than a patient. John treats his wife to the best of his ability as a doctor and to him, he is doing the right thing by prescribing the rest cure; unintentionally he is subjecting his wife to depression, loneliness, and above all else, …show more content…
To cope with the distinct lack of stimulation, she develops a keen interest in the wallpaper. At first she despises it and said “I never saw a worse wallpaper in my life.” (Gilman 648). Slowly, however, she becomes increasingly attracted to it. Eventually she starts seeing figures in the wallpaper, she interprets it as a woman who is trapped. Through her deep pain of being separated from her life she imagines a woman, like herself, who is