The Yellow Wallpaper Analysis

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Who can give you a better life and make a right decision for you? You may think it's your parents, husband/wife, or your children. However, all they can do for you is providing conditions and suggestions about what you should do. You are the only one who chooses what happen in your life. The example can be found on the woman whose name was Jane in the story which is called “The Yellow Wall Paper.” Jane was confused, irresponsible, and narrow-minded character caused her to miss out on the perfect harmony of a family. At the beginning of the story, Jane's husband, who was named John, sent her to a rental house in a hereditary estate, for curing her light mental illness which was named “Temporary Nervous Depression”. Her comfortable room was airy with the illuminating sunshine and plenty of space. She was well cared by John and given a schedule prescription each hour in the day, which would help her get better faster. Jane was nearly satisfied about her new life because of John's loving and the colonial house, except the weird pattern on the yellow wall paper which made her nervous. She was captivated in observing the wall paper at midnight by the dim moonlight. There was nothing wrong with the wall paper except for her imagination of a woman who was stooping down and creeping about behind the pattern, which only …show more content…

However, she locked the door and crept with the woman in the pattern by daylight, when John wasn't at home. Except for one evening while John stayed in town over night. Jane shook and pull the wall with the woman and finally peeled off that wall paper to help her come out of the wall. Jane indulged in her own imagination completely and ignored everything she possessed: a nice husband, a lovely baby, and perfect harmony of her family. At the end of the story, Jane crept around the house all the time even when John was trying to come in, she was entirely