Role Of Mental Illness In The Yellow Wallpaper

Mental Illness:
Developed
Mental illness today is something that most people take seriously, but not in past history due to it not being thought of as a serious issue. Mental institutions were places for those who were considered, “sick.”. Several times, patient's illnesses would become worse making their stay longer than expected. The main character in The Yellow Wallpaper definitely has a mental illness and she is a patient at a mental institution. Her mental illness became worse as time went on due the lack of interactions with her own family/others, multiple hallucinations, and the amount of medication she was receiving daily.
The main character tells us that she has a nice family that consists of her husband John and a little baby, but John does unusual things that someone would not expect in a normal marriage. She says, “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” (Gilman 647). Men back then did not treat or think highly of women due to men being more superior than them. John also seems to complain

The main character describes how she was always taking medication every hour, but would usually get sidetracked while her attention went back to the yellow wallpaper. She mentions several times that, “I have a schedule prescription for each hour in the day…” (648). Many of these times it was usually John that would give her this medication which made her feel better and, “... he takes all care from me…” (648). Medication is almost like drugs due to them being something some can get addicted to and how it can impair their judge on certain things. The main character had many hallucinations which might have been caused by the medication she was receiving those multiple hours. The amount of medication one can receive can affect them significantly both physically and