The theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the narrator's .
sickness towards the yellow patterned wallpaper. In reality the .
sight of yellow wallpaper frightens her. John (the narrator's .
physician husband) has diagnosed her with a nervous depression. .
The narrator tells her story through first person point of view. .
The color yellow is "repellent, almost revolting" a symbol of .
hatred to the narrator; rather too most people it symbolizes the .
sun, or happy thoughts (706). In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the .
theme is developed through the use of a first person point of .
view, and by the use of symbolism.
The narrator tells the story through a first person point .
of view. By using the first person point of view the reader .
understands the feelings and thoughts of the narrator her self. .
Also we know exactly what makes her sick (the color yellow). .
She explains that her sickness is not a nervous depression; it .
is hatred towards the yellow pattern wallpaper. She states that .
writing helps her get through her days. Writing also makes her .
tired, which to John is not a good thing. John, in fact, .
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believes it is writing that is not good for her, so he insist .
that she no longer write. .
The narrator develops a sense that a woman lives in the .
yellow wallpaper. She explains that the woman creeps around in .
the day. Only she can see this woman, but one can only look and .
wonder how can one person can see or think that such a thing .
could be correct. This is another instant where the yellow .
wallpaper bothers her and makes her sick.
Writing is what makes the narrator tired. John feels that .
it has no effect on her sleeping. She states "I did write for a .
while in spite of them: it does exhaust me a great deal" (705). .
She worries to much about impressing John. The narrator says .
"so I take pains to control myself-before him, at least, and .
that makes me very tired" (705). This concludes that both .
writing and trying to make John happy tires to sleep.