Yellow Wallpaper Summary

<Tab/>Jane, the narrator and her husband John have rented an old house out in the country for the summer to help her recover from a recent illness. Her doctor decided that her illness is caused by to much stress in her life and forbids her from doing any work and especially writing. Her husband basically locks her into what he says used to be a nursery a long time ago. …

…and the feeling of always being watched because he believed that women were supposed to clean the house and take care of the kids. By forcing her to stop writing that is limiting her creativity and helping to keep her simple minded. In the end when Jane helps the woman escape it is showing that women are breaking through the barriers and making something of themselves in the working world while using their own minds.