The yellow wallpaper

« fancy.

I n some ways, John d r ives he r mad.

E v r y t h i ng can be expla i ned r a t iona l l y -> D u a l i t y w i t h i n coup le: - Ba lance of power sh i f ts bew teen both cha racter.

Even i f John looks to be t he dom i nan t charac ter, t ha n ks to I RO NY, power is balanced.

John fein ts or t r u l y ta kes care of h is w i fe as she was a chi l d bu t t he fact is t ha t he has a ch i ld ish and self- cen te red a t t i t ude, wan t i ng he r to go wel l fo r h is own sake.

B u t t he fact she is awa re of t ha t, gives he r a head sta r t.

- Some con t rad ic t ions = He Fo rb ids he r to excercice he r i magi na t ion bu t to help he r fa l l i ng asleep, he reads as pa ren ts read bed t i me sto r ies to t he i r chi ld ren I I ) I g no r a nce & isola t ion as causes of mad ness: -> L ac k of commu n ica t ion : w i t h he r h usbdand, L 20: ' I t is so ha rd to ta l k w i t h John abou t my case...'; w i t h he r chi l d.= No t rea l l y a ma te r nel i ns t i nc t.

She ta l ks abou t he r baby as she was a st ranger : L 7, sect ion 8 ' T he baby is wel l and happy, and does not have to occupy t h is n u rse ry w i t h t he ho r r i d wapp-paper''= " t he" is a def i n i te a r t ic le bu t i t signs t ha t t he na r ra to r/ t he woman and he r baby a re not ve ry close or she could use "my" w h ich is a pe rsonal p ronoun W i t h society = No con tact w i t h t he ou ts ide wor ld= k i nd of t r ap-> l i ke t he woman beh i nd t he wa l lpape r -> A l l he r requests a re rejected -> John is u nab le to adm i t h is t he rapy is no t t he good one, t ha t he r w i fe need to wor k, occup ied he r m i nd and fu l f i l he r desi res.

He refused to sw i tch t he bedrooms, to le t he r ma ke a v is i t to he r cousi ns and now he doesn' t u nders tand she needs to go away f rom t h is mansion.

She doesn' t wan t to rest anymo re : L 32 :' So I to ld h i m t ha t I rea l l y was not gain i ng he re, and t ha t I w ished he wou ld ta ke me away' -> I nsomn ia a nd t he n ig h t: L 23-25: ' I t was moon l igh t.

T he moon sh i nes i n al l a round j us t as t he sun does.

I ha te to see i t ...

by one w i ndow to anothe r'.

T he moons appears to be an i n t r u de r i n he r l i fe.

N ig h t is became he r best f r iend.

She ha tes t he moon as she ha tes t he wa l lpaper bu t she is fascina tes too.

= T he n igh t is t he re f lect of he r sou l -> she is alone.

Eve ry t h i ng and everyone is asleep.

She is t he one w ho is conf ron t i ng t he wor l d.

N igh t rem i nd he r of he r lonel i ness I I I ) F a nc ies a nd i m ag in a t ion as mea ns of f lee i ng t he wo r ld an d foun d ou t t he t r u t h: -> I n t e l lect u a l occupa t ions as a t h rea t: Eve ry a r t is t ic le isu res ( pa i n t i ng, read i ng, w r i t i ng) seems to be pu re fancy for John bu t I n fact he is af ra id.

Because t he t h i ngs of t he spi r i t have a g rea t power.

T he wo rds a re cha rged w i t h sign i f icance.

A nd i f women begun to set t hem f ree, t hey cou ld rep resen t a t h rea t fo r men bu t also. »