Imagine being diagnosed with a disease which forbids you from any creative activity, stops you from going out, and limits your forms of expression. ... She hides her desire to write or do anything creative because as her husband claims, it would worsen her case. ... Instead, she is quiet and sneaky with her attempts to do anything which is slightly creative or expressive. ... Writing in her journal helps the narrator clear her mind or at least allows use her time to do something other than sit in a closed room and stare at the ceiling. ... Not only does he barely spend any time with her and di...

• Word Count: 1134
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!" ... Jennie does not want the narrator to express herself through her writing, which is a way to control her thoughts. Through the example of Jennie, the reader gets a sense of the creative confinement that society puts on women during this time. ... In the beginning she discusses the wallpaper in great detail by describing that, It is dull enough to confuse the eye in the following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenl...

• Word Count: 1426
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Sure, there is a lot of medicine being prescribed, and numerous treatments; however, it is often seen that the use of art therapy or writing therapy is very beneficial to patients with anxiety and depression disorders (such as postpartum depression/OCD). ... Her husband believes that her writing is unhealthy, and that she should not give in to her "foolish fancies ". ... When she explains her imagination as a child on page 465, it is evident that she is naturally a very creative and self-expressive individual. By keeping her from expressing herself through her writing, her husband and her fami...

• Word Count: 1130
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The wife is a creative spirit with her own ideas and thoughts, which she tries on numerous occasions to express to the husband only for him to view the ideas as insignificant and reply "blessed little goose." ... The husband disapproves of her writing because he feels it is her creativity of thought that is the cause of her depression. ...

• Word Count: 831
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School