1. Sympathy for Jane in The Yellow Wallpaper
... her "of course, but one expects that" (Gilman 473). Everyone else either doubts her mind, writings, or opinions on how to get better. For example, Jane's brother, "is also a physician, and also of high standing" (Gilman 473), and he agrees and says the same thing as ... her physician, but loved by her husband. Although they are one and the same, John chose to treat her as a wife and not a patient. Unfortunately for Jane, the rest cure was a widely accepted prescription that physicians (including John) used in the nineteenth century. If John would have just acted as a physician ... and th...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate