The narrator's husband was a doctor, and constantly chided
her for doing things that he felt would over-exert her nervous temperment. He also
treated her like a child, and took away anything that might give her pleasure or joy in
her life, instead secluding her in a country home with no friends, in a room that she
hated, even when she complained against it. Basically, he didn't listen to anything
that she said, instead putting himself in the role of superior expert and her as the
ignorant patient. It was his decision to:
1. Move them
away from all of her friends and everything that she knew and loved into a strange house
in a strange country. This completely isolates her.
2. Put
her in the room with the yellow wallpaper, even though she hated it and expressed a
desire for the more pleasant rooms on the main floor of the house. Putting her up there
isolated her even further, and exhibited his unwillingness to listen to her
preferences.
3. He forbade her from writing or working.
This took away one of her main forms of expression, venting, and healthy mental
exercise. It isolates her even more, and forces her to keep her thoughts bottled up in
her head without any healthy release; this drives her further into her own
delusions.
4. His overall attitude towards her--loving but
condescending--made her even more insecure and unsure of herself. She was constantl
conflicted with wanting to be a "good" wife and obey, and with her inner voice that knew
better. This caused further fragmentation of her personality, leading to the separate
identity in the wall.
I hope that those thoughts helped;
good luck!
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