The Yellow Wallpaper: What Causes Someone To Lose Their Mind

What causes someone to lose their mind? In, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Jane is the main character who is basically journaling her recovery for three months. Jane is misdiagnosed with hysteria by her husband, who is a physician, even though she has postpartum depression, and is forced to rest to get better; which ultimately drives her insane. Jane has a vivid imagination, and is a very expressive woman who isn’t allowed to express herself due to her treatment; is this the driving factor for her insanity towards the end? I mean for goodness sakes she was not even aloud to be writing! The relationship of Jane and John is that he is her husband and her doctor. He does not listen or comply to any of her request throughout the short story because he believes that this will make her sickness worsen. Jane mentions wanting to go outdoors, walk around freely, see family and friends, and perhaps moving to one of the more appealing bedrooms downstairs in the summer house. John doesn’t let her do any of those things, so she is trapped, and never stands up for herself. In the room that Jane stays in there are bars on all the windows, ugly yellow wallpaper that is peeling, and a big bulky bed that is nailed to the floor. Jane is not allowed to read, write, or even think, John thinks she needs rest. Despite knowing that

Writing was not aloud but she did sneak; which was not to hard because she was always alone. Jane grew a strong hatred for the yellow wallpaper describing it as revolting, and she even asked her husband if they could take it down; he said no. So, Jane stared at the ugly layers of pealing wallpaper day and night. Jane begins tracing the patterns and shapes until she starts to see a woman that seems to be trapped in a prison. She tells know one because she wants it all for herself, and the yellow wallpaper becomes her only way of expressing how she feels; like a