The Yellow Wallpaper

I really enjoyed reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” because of the imagery. I think that part of what drove her crazy was that her husband did not believe she was sick and did not believe much of what she said. He treated her like a child and at one point referred to her as “little girl” (page 8). He also said, “she shall be as sick as she pleases” meaning that she is sick because she chooses to be (page 9).  Her husband would constantly tell her that she should not let her imagination run wild. This shows that since he believes she has a big imagination, she could be faking her illness. In the beginning of the story, she told her husband that she had a strange feeling about the house, but he disregarded her comment. The lack of support from her husband or from anyone may have caused her to go crazy and experience what she did while on rest cure.

I also think that the yellow wallpaper in the room signifies her illness. In the beginning, the wallpaper is fine, but in the end of the story, the paper is torn off the wall. I think that shows how the rest cure caused her more damage than it helped her. Being confined to a room and not being able to do anything drove her insane and made her condition worse. In the end, the wallpaper is torn off, representing how she freed herself from further damage the rest cure might have caused her.