After reading this short story many questions are unanswered. Considering questions about the husband and lady behind the wallpaper such as, how long have he been over protective? Is his love real? How does writing make her worst? These questions that came to mind along with others made me consider that maybe she was not always "crazy" and that he made her this way. When he locks her in a room and tell her to rest all the time it really does not show his love, in my opinion, he always tell her to rest and it will take care of everything. Sleep is her medicine.
"..... I don't blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight! I always lock the door when I creep by daylight. I can't do it at night, for I know John would suspect something at once. And John is so queer now, that I don't want to irritate him. I wish he would take another room! Besides, I don't want anyone to get that woman out at night but myself."
The last sentence in Gilman's paragraph above shifts my thoughts. This woman she talks about that no one else sees does make her look crazy. The fact that she wants to her this woman behind the wallpaper but do not want anyone else to worries me a little. She wishes her husband would take another room so she can "creep" without any distractions of her husband. The fact that she does this a lot to the point that there is yellow on her shirt also concerns me. My opinion is that this paragraph clarifies anyone's thoughts on whether she was crazy or not. A sane women do not "creep" or crawl along the walls till the color appears on their clothing. I also believe that the trapped woman behind the wallpaper is herself. That also helped me come to the conclusion that that is why she does not want anyone to help the woman behind the wall paper but her because she feels her pain when being trapped she may also know that the woman represents her and that when the woman is free she will also be free.
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Well, sure, of course she's nuts. But why does she do these things? What does her "creeping" represent? What does the woman behind the wallpaper stand for? I think these are more thematic questions you can address.
ReplyDeleteI believe the woman behind the wallpaper represents her (the narrator). A person that is stranded and and stuck in a setting/place. The narrator is placed in this room by her husband/doctor and can not express herself similar to the woman behind the wall. I believe she does these things because she is stressed and is trying to find a way to "escape" the life that her husband is "giving" her and the only reason why I say "giving" her is because it was not her choice. She chose to write and he chose to take it away and order her only to sleep
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