The story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman tells how the narrator falls into the pits of insanity Initially when she enters her new home she dislikes it The narrator's husband John stifles her voice and opinions Having nowhere to divert her imagination she focuses on the house and sees things where there are none In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman the house yellow wallpaper and woman in the wall respectively represent the narrator's emotional state a jail and a prisoner they show how the overbearing actions of John drive the narrator to insanity The story takes place in an isolated house away from others The house is three miles away from the road with hedges and walls and gates that lock lots of separate little houses Gilman 649 and barred windows The narrator's emotions and own feelings are also locked up and separated John does not allow her to believe what she wants his thoughts are her thoughts The house is also away from the road so it is away from the people the society She cannot have any contact with people unless John allows her to or unless they come to her house themselves Furthermore the windows are barred but not blocked out completely This means she can see everything but cannot go out and be a part of what she sees
