The Insane Hero: Protagonist

The Protagonist of The Yellow Wallpaper is Jane.  She has been locked in her room for three months.  She is not allowed to go outside or do anything.  She has tried to keep her mind occupied.  The only thing that has caught her eye was the yellow wallpaper in her room.  She has been mesmerized by this wallpaper. She is becoming so obsessed with this wallpaper she wants to be in it.  She rubs up against it and leaves indentations on the wall. (Gilman 8-9)  At first, she hated this hideous yellow wallpaper, but now it's hers and nobody can touch her things. (Gilman 8)  This wallpaper has stripes which represents bars in a jail cell.  She believes that there is a women trapped in the wallpaper.  Jane thinks the women is trying to be freed from the bars that bound her.  I think this is how Gilman is trying to portray her feelings on being trapped by society.  Women were not allowed to work, be educated, or have a voice in society.  Jane is treated like a child by John.  The women in the wallpaper comes out when John leaves for work.  I think this symbolism is used to tell Jane's true feelings on her life.  She can't talk to John about how she really feels because he thinks she is just crazy,  but when he is gone she can write all of her feelings and thoughts down about what is happening to her.        



                                         
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-yellow-wallpaper/q-and-a/at-what-point-does-the-lady-go-insane-67107/- this is different peoples opinions on when Jane went insane

http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/academic/article/312915/the-yellow-wallpaper/-
this talks about feminism and how women couldn't work


Protagonist: The hero of the story