Will women ever be equal to men? Male oppression of women has existed for centuries, presenting an interesting look at women's struggle against physical and mental imprisonment. The environment and the people in one's life have a preponderant effect on the quality of others. In the story of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the protagonist is said to suffer from nervous depression and is married to a doctor who suggested that she undergo rest therapy in a summer vacation home. However, the narrator's condition worsens and in response he begins to see images of faces in the wallpaper of his room. The boredom and isolation of this medicine only allowed his mind to go further down the path of madness. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses the wallpaper and the couple's relationship to expose the narrator's confinement forced by her husband to drive her to madness. The story begins with the narrator's depiction of the physical aspects surrounding her. it has a great effect on his health throughout the story. The couple moves into a house, which symbolizes security. Home is believed to be a place where he can improve his depression. However, in this story, the house doesn't feel like hers and she doesn't want to be there. The narrator says that it is "haunted" (75) and that "there is something strange about it" (75). The house also facilitates her liberation, satisfying her, her writing and her thoughts. When the narrator first enters the room, he says, "It used to be a nursery, and then the playroom and the gym, I would say, because the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls ” (76 ), this shows the reader how the protagonist viewed her room in the sense...... middle of paper......t really worth it. The narrator of the story is symbolic for all the women who were prisoners of society at the end of the 1800s. Trapped in a world run by men, where many opportunities are denied. The narrator's collapse had many contributing factors, but one primarily is imperfect human nature and environment. Her husband is not open to the fact that women are more than capable of controlling their own lives and that creating their own comfort is absolutely vital to their health as well. This medicine's method of confinement and isolation only allows his mind to venture down the road to madness. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses wallpaper and the couple's relationship to expose the narrator's confinement forced by her husband to drive her to madness. Exemplifying the nineteenth-century oppression of women and their well-being.