![]() Fortunately, their nanny, Mary, takes care of their baby, and John's sister, Jennie, is a perfect housekeeper. She feels a constant sense of anxiety and fatigue and can barely muster enough energy to write in her secret journal. Two weeks later, the narrator’s condition has worsened. The narrator detests the wallpaper, but John refuses to change rooms, arguing that the nursery is best-suited for her recovery. The spacious, sunlit room has yellow wallpaper – stripped off in two places – with a hideous, chaotic pattern. ![]() She is confined to bed rest in a former nursery room and is forbidden from working or writing. The narrator and her physician husband, John, have rented a mansion for the summer so that she can recuperate from a “slight hysterical tendency.” Although the narrator does not believe that she is actually ill, John is convinced that she is suffering from “neurasthenia” and prescribes the “rest cure” treatment. ![]()
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