John is the husband who is also a doctor. His practical thinking with logic is what causes the psychological restraints in his wife. "He scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures." It is because of his philosophy for a rest cure he appropriately plays the

It is evident that victory belongs to the narrator. During her rest stay she fought the oppression from her husband in a male dominated society. The narrator broke free and explosively demonstrates her stand for feminism through the entries in her journal and the freedom opened by the wallpaper. As we now enter the 21st century, we appreciate the changing role of women that are now free to make conscious decisions and ideas from the subservient role and the male patriarchy.

The wallpaper is symbolic of oppression and gives the narrator her freedom from the shackles. Initially the wife expresses a horrid discontent for the wallpaper and gradually in the story she takes a liking to it. "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper." The wallpaper could be seen as a potential cure for the wife. Later, she begins to see a womanly figure amidst the symbols and designs; soon the figure emerges to be a woman trapped behind bars. This imagery the wife sees can be applied to herself as a woman trapped behind the male superiority. Eventually, the caged woman in the wallpaper becomes free to creep but in the day and the wife begins to see the connection as her. The narrat

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)