In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the narrator is also the author. Charolotte Gilman writes about her struggle with insanity. Her imagination slowly extinguished and dwindled because of attitudes present in this era. The story takes place in a house in the countryside. John's plan was to get his wife away from all the hustle and bustle and have her relax. John, a doctor, along with another doctor, gave John's wife a prescription of exercise, rest and absolutely no writing. They believed (along with society) that this was the best thing for people suffering from insanity. John never came out and said she was going insane.

There is a connection between Bienchen and Carson McCullers. These two are very much like each other. No matter what you do, if you do it with your emotion you do it better. Carson McCullers writes about a young girl that has a fantastic talent. Carson McCullers also was a great pianist at a young age. The reason that Carson McCullers could describe this story so well is because he experienced somewhat of the same life as her character did. At one point in both these authors lives, conditions or attitudes present in the early 20th century

He just said she was stressed and needed rest. He actually told her not to think about her condition; it would only make things worse. So for the few weeks they were on vacation, she tried to follow his prescription except for when she would secretly write. It was a favorite passion of hers that gave her a break from society's daily stresses. On a daily basis she was stuck in her house with no one to talk to because John would go to town for days at a time. She wasn't allowed to take care of her baby. She couldn't even talk to people about how she felt. In this time period women didn't have as much say as they do now. Both her brother and her husband told her that this was the best thing for her recovery. She couldn't say no when her husband was telling her not to write. I believe that because of her surroundings which her husband put her in she went insane much faster. The fact that she couldn't write and didn't really have anyone to talk to drove her to start hallucinating about the women in the wall. The wallpaper in the room became one of her fetishes. "There are things in the wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will."(Narrator, 534) It wasn't just a small fetish at the end, but a large portion of her day would be spent contemplating about the walls, colors, and designs. She even believed she could smell the wallpaper, throughout the whole house and even in her hair. Her mind started comprehending herself as the woman in the wallpaper. The woman was stuck in the wall night after night just like her being stuck in the house. "The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out," (Narrator 534). Which was exactly what she wanted. She couldn't express herself in the ways she wanted to. She didn't have any way of venting her emotions; writing was her escape. Most of the time she was by herself and didn't have anyone to talk to, and when her husband was there she couldn't really talk to him about all the things she wanted to. That's the symbolism behind the figure in the wallpaper. Both she and the figure in the wall wanted to escape, but neither could. She created this hallucination, in the sense that it was herself, someone she could relate to. She tore up her room during what seemed to be

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