The story begins with a woman who is being taken care of by her husband John, who is also a physician. He recommends that she be taken to a summer home to help her over come her nervous condition. She is told to rest and sleep; she can't even write. " I must put this away, --he hates to have me write a word" (154). This is just one example showing how controlling her husband is. Another is when he tells her that there is "no reason" for how she feels and that she must dismi

he woman in the wallpaper symbolizes that.

s there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him." Then he goes to say that she is his darling and his comfort and all he had, and that she must take care of herself for his sake, and keep well. By telling her to keep well, John is just expressing more doubt about her having a real illness.

In the Yellow Wallpaper the husband-physician was very over protective and controlling, like most males during that time period. It showed how his obsessive controlling behavior pushed his wife from a just nervous condition to a deranged state of mind.

There is a point where she tries to express her feelings, but again her husband reassures her that it is not that bad. He says " really dear you are better" (140,pg 159), "can you n

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