Narrator
What is she suffering from?
Post pardom depression
Who is John?
Her husband
What are some descriptions of the house?
quite, alone, remote, which is bad for her condition
What is the condition of it when she firsts sees it?
Torn, wasn't put up properly, unclean, fading
Who is the author of this story?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
What happened to her thoughts throughout the story?
Now she can't think straight, she came to get better but the room and isolation makes her worse
What is his occupation?
Physician
Describe the room she is staying in?
Looks like a old nursery, bed is bolted, bars on windows like a prison
Why do YOU think the narrator is so stuck on the wallpaper?
[Any answer works.]
What treatment does the doctor prescribe her?
To not involve herself in a lot of things, to not read or write, physical and psychological rest.. she ignores it
At the end she is a different person, how does she get free from society from society?
Society at that time only saw women as a good girl or a crazy outcast, she was the good girl but her insanity allows her to be herself because society does not care about her anymore and kicked her out so she became free to like life how she wants completely
How stubborn is her husband?
No imagination he needs physical symptoms to see she is not right, but it is a mental disease so since he cannot see it, he does not take it seriously
Why is the narrator surprised about how her husband got the house?
Because it looks so expensive, and too far nice for them
What does she start to see in the paper?
A woman
Who is Mary?
Nanny
What has she become obsessive over?
Over the wallpaper, wants to figure that pattern out for herself, will kill for it, does not want anyone to touch it
How does he treat his wife?
Treats her like she is stupid, he does not respect her, but she does not question it because of the role of women in society
Why are they at their house?
Their own house is getting worked on
What do the bars and wallpaper represent together?
Represents women kept in by men and society, ripping the paper, the women in the paper, setting herself free
Who is Jenny?
Sister-in-law
What is her goal?
To figure out a pattern
Who is the 'you and Jane'... she got out in spite of "you and jane"?
You is her husband john, and jane is herself in the 3rd person, or who she was when she obeyed society norms of women
Why else are they at this house according to what the doctor told her?
To get away from society
What does the wallpaper represent?
The control she wants, she is not crazy, there is not a pattern which drives her crazy
Who is Weir Mitchell?
Actual person / doctor who treated the author with the same condition, and she wrote this story after she got better, but she only got better after she stopped following his advice, wrote this to inform the doctor about his completely wrong treatment of her disease