As part of her cure, the narrator is forbidden from pursuing any activity other than domestic work, so as not to tax her mind. She also suspects that there is something strange and mysterious about the house, which has been empty for some time, but John dismisses her concerns as a silly fantasy. The narrator complains that her husband will not listen to her worries about her condition, and treats her like a child. John is an extremely practical man, a physician, and their move into the country is partially motivated by his desire to expose his suffering wife to its clean air and calm life so that she can recover from what he sees as a slight hysterical tendency. The narrator begins by describing the large, ornate home that she and her husband, John, have rented for the summer. The Yellow Wallpaper is written as a series of diary entries from the perspective of a woman who is suffering from post-partum depression.
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