Analysis Of The Book The Yellow Wallpaper - 1367 Words

IIn the story, â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper†, the narrator’s husband has rented an old mansion in the country for the summer. John is relying on this vacation as the time for his wife’s nervous condition to resolve itself with rest and medicines. As the story unfolds for the readers, it becomes apparent her husband, John, is monitoring her 24 hours a day. She feels somewhat condemned that she is unable to change her circumstances and she ends up as a victim, thus confirming the dominance of men over women during that period. Between the narrator’s controlling husband and the deterioration of her mind, she inevitably snaps and becomes completely delusional. All along the story, John, the husband believes he can cure his wife, manage her†¦show more content†¦They think it is all in her imagination as shown in how she views John, who is †practical to the extreme [,] has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures† (238). John also forbids her to work until she is well and in the meantime, he prescribes â€Å"phosphates or phosphites-whichever it is-and tonics, and air and exercise and journeys† (238). During this time, she believes that if allowed, â€Å"less opposition and more society and stimulus† she would improve (239). She is showing her opposition to the directives provided, but she will submit to them because that is the acceptable expectation. The narrator understands that for a peaceful existence she must try to accept her position. As she succumbs to laying around, she starts to lose her strength and tells the reader, â€Å"John says I mustn’t lose my strength [,] has me take cod liver oil and lots of tonics and things, to say nothing of the ale and wines and rare meat† (244). John is using his doctoring skills, anticipating that this will drive her back to health. She senses his love saying, â€Å"He is very careful and loving, and hardly let me stir without special direction. [there is a] prescription for each hour in the day; he takes all care from [her], and so she feels basely