John's Struggle In The Yellow Wallpaper

The text the Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Gilman reveals a woman's struggle in a male centric society during the 19th century. After reading the text, it became evident that the story was a feminist text, that describes how the condescending demoralizing attitude of the doctor, belittles the narrators thoughts and the severity of her illness. John is a textbook example of a dominating spouse, he is a husband that essentially has absolute control over his wife. At the start of the story, the narrator talks about how she finds it a little bit weird that such a big house was so cheap so describes it as being "queer", she later goes on and says that "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage" (Pg 24). This line indicates