Human vs. Self

I think that TheYellow Wallpaper is a great example of Human vs. Self. The narrator wants to be healty but cannot fight her inner demons. She talks about the good things in her life, like her husband (who really seems to love her) and her new baby. She talks about family members that she would love to have visit, and the lovely home that they are staying in.

The problem is that she is her own worst enemy. She knows that she is not well, she talks about how as a child she could entertain herself by watching shadows on the wall. She talks about how there are things in the wallpaper in their room that only she can understand. She sees broken necks and bogged eyes in the wall paper. She seems to want to be able to get well, but it seems between her husband and brother (both doctors) she does not get access to the help she needs, as they keep telling her that that there is nothing wrong with her and only she can fix herself.

Someone facing their inner-demons is that saddest thing. Especially when that person knows that they are not well but can't figure out how to fix it. I don't know that her issues were ever resolved. At the end of the story, I believe that she kills herself, it doesn't say so specifically, but there are clues like her talking about having a rope, she talks about wanting to jump out the window and her saying "I got out at last, inspite of you and Jane".