e! And Illtell you why-privately-Ive seen her! (Barrett 202) As these hallucinations are going on the protagonist keeps these emotionsbottled-up and doesnt allow anyone to be aware that she is having them.Another symptom that the protagonist has is severe insomnia, which isdifficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep. She shows her inability to sleepwhen she says, he thought I was asleep first, but I wasnt, and lay there forhours trying to decide whether that front pattern and the back pattern reallydid move together or separately (Barrett 199). The protagonist consistentlystays awake at night staring at the wallpaper pattern on the wall. John thensees the need for his wife to sleep more, so he makes her lie down an hourafter each meal. The protagonist feels this is a very bad habit when shesays, It is a very bad habit, I am convinced, for you see, I dont sleep(Barrett 200). The protagonist doesnt sleep well at night either, due to hergrowing fixation with the wallpaper... I dont sleep much at night, for it is sointeresting to watch developments (Barrett 200). The third symptom that the protagonist is suffering from is agitation,which are feelings that often excite or trouble ones mind. The protagonistseems to become angry with her husband John very often now, although, hehas not done anything wrong to agitate his wife. I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes. Im sure Inever use to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervouscondition. But John says if I feel so I shall neglect properself-control; so I take pains to control myself-before him, atleast, and that makes me very tired. (Barrett 193) The protagonist starts to become agitated with the yellow wallpaper as shecontinues to stare at the wall. I get positively angry with the impertinenceof it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl, andthose absurd unblinking eyes are everywhere (Barrett 195). The protagonist also demonstrates bi...
