... write freely. The woman hides herself while she writes the frustration she feels inside. Writing is this woman's only way of expressing her emotions, the anger, sadness, fear, and what little happiness she felt. She cannot express these emotions physically in public so she writes them down or else she will ... is subdued by day. The main character mentions "I don't sleep much at night, but I sleep a good deal in the daytime- By using these quotes from the main character Gilman gives us the impression that the main character is describing herself subconsciously. Another example of the m...

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... write freely. The woman hides herself while she writes the frustration she feels inside. Writing is this woman's only way of expressing her emotions, the anger, sadness, fear, and what little happiness she felt. She cannot express these emotions physically in public so she writes them down or else she will ... subdued by day. The main character mentions "I don't sleep much at night, but I sleep a good deal in the daytime-(513) By using these quotes from the main character Gilman gives us the impression that the main character is describing herself subconsciously. Another example of the...

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... the room she passed in. As she wrote her progressions lying in the yellow tainted room for the three months that she stayed, the wallpaper took on its own character, representing the growing level of just how insane the woman had truly become. The optical illusions of the wall that haunted her created ... creep along through the home's estate. Evident by her writings, the woman is clearly going insane, but her husband's denial and foolish pride of being a physician quotes him to tell her she "really is better, whether [she] can see it or not." (190). He's convinced he can sway her into be...

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