![]() ![]() ![]() Many women were considered hysterical and given treatment as if they were insane. This gives in to the stereotype that all women are crazy, especially at the point in time this story was written. He “assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression – a slight hysterical tendency.” John encourages her to not think about her illness because he believes that will only make it worse, and the woman seems to take everything he says as gospel. John does everything he can to take care of her, but doesn’t let on that anything is seriously wrong with her. She goes on and on about John and everything he has to say about her illness or, as he seems to think, her lack thereof. From the beginning of the story, it is obvious that the main character and narrator, a woman, is acting as her husband’s inferior. ![]()
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