Except the wallpaper, indeed she could do nothing at room so she had no way but to constantly stare on the wallpaper to ‘study’ the detailed pattern of it unwillingly. With the progression of the story, she had a feeling that she could not get better in that room as the wallpaper was to a certain extent distracting her rest. This argument is supported by line “I never saw a worse paper in my life” which suggested her hatred to the wallpaper and to the physical restriction brought by. Due to the mandatory rest-cure treatment reinforced by her husband, she was locked in a room in which the wallpaper apparently blocked her access to the outside world. Physically, the wallpaper is a kind of physical entrapment to the protagonist.
These can be further argued in physical and mental aspects. Further symbolic effects can be observed by its effect in signifying how women generally were perceived during 19th century. In general, the wallpaper represents the protagonist’s mind set. Undoubtedly, it is the most obvious symbol in this story which also acts as a major element of the text. I will begin with the analysis of the wallpaper itself.
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