The Yellow Wallpaper

The narrator basically gave in to her disease and/or tiredness. All she wanted to do was help that woman in the wallpaper escape and by helping the woman, she thought she was helping herself escape. I don’t really know what her disease was or where her tiredness came from but I don’t she was crazy at first, but when she was confined to that room, she ended up linking herself to the woman in the wallpaper and became crazy.
The plot changes in a couple parts. On page 371, the 94th line states, “I’m getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper” (Gillman, 371). The woman doesn’t necessarily start to like the wallpaper but she has grown accustom to the patterns, then finding out later on she sees a woman behind bars on the wallpaper. Another plot change would be the part where she states, “I’ve got out at last, in spite of you and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!” (Gillman, 378). The plot may change earlier, but I think this is where the woman truly shows a different side and reveals she has surrendered to her disease. She linked herself to the woman behind bars on the wallpaper; she, like the woman on the wallpaper, wanted to be free from her confinement. The narrator wanted to be free from the room, wallpaper, her tiredness or disease, and John.
The narrator is upset by the house because of the yellow wallpaper, the “yellow smell”, and the “immovable bed”. She is constantly reminded of the smell wherever she goes and at the end of the story, she is not able to move the bed to remove the wallpaper. Another thing I think upsets her are the “women” that constantly creep around during the daylight on the grounds and in other people’s windows.