As the fascination with the wall intensifies she begins only sleeping in the day, for night is the best time to examine it. She believes she is seeing a woman creeping through that is trapped in the wall, only to be set free during the day to 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 believing him, and somehow she"ll just miraculously become better for his own sake.
An interesting attribute of the wallpaper was that she described it as being one that she would expect a child's classroom to use, because it seemed as if she was being treated like a child herself while caged in the room. John constantly reminds her of her foolishness, giving her playful hugs and pats, like he would to a young daughter. He persistently calls her names like "blessed little goose" (186) and darling, brushing off any of her concerns as if she had no true reason to be of concern at all. Jennie, his sister and housekeeper, takes care of her, although she is a grown woman. She is not allowed to see her own newborn daughter, and is only reported of her progress by them at their disclosure. She is very much the woman she sees within the wall, trapped and unconscious of what she is to do. Confused of how to beat this downward spiraling battle, she gives all her attention to the wall, sort of releasing herself into its realm, giving herself up to the insanity that everyone else thinks she is curing herself of.
She believes if she concentrates hard enough and puts all her mentality into the wall's entrenchment, perhaps she will solve its mystery and answer all the questions she has built up. In her last days at the house, she fails to figure out the wall's purpose and shreds it of its paper leaving it bare.
