Analysis of characters in the yellow wallpaper

... Characters 1. Plot the course of the narrator's descent into madness. Are there any significant turning points? From the very beginning of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' the narrator's isolation in her psychotic state is evident. '...people like John and I'. We know the name of the narrator's husband (John), but not her own. She is nearly anonymous; her identity is John's wife. 'And what can one do?' Gilman uses this noun to describe how the narrator disguises her autonomy and conveys the narrator's helplessness and perceived inability to change her uncomfortable situation; the repetition of 'one' creates a haunting echo of anonymity and demonstrates a sense of conventional acquiescence. Gilman uses exclamation marks to reveal the woman's psychotic, agitated, mental state. Along with questioning features of her surroundings, the woman also makes many exclamatory remarks. This questioning and exclaiming indicate the wide swings in her mental state. 'but that would be

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