The Yellow Wallpaper
In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the main character, Jane encounters a mental illness that would take control of her entire life. The progression of Jane’s mental illness is demonstrated through the environment and how her surroundings depict her mental state. The house Jane lives in is a physical representation of her mental state. As the story progresses Jane has completely become isolated from her family and the rest of society. Jane is a prisoner in her own home.
During the 1920s, most of the houses people lived in were gigantic, beautiful and large. The house Jane lived in was a colonial mansion that had the characteristics of a haunted house. The house was in fact so huge that it gave the impression of living inside a mental hospital. When the family moved the house John, Jane’s husband, placed her in a room in the attic. This room was a ruminant of a nursery for a little boy. By John putting Jane inside that room it showed how......
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