she is locked up in the house not able to go anywhere or do anything. In this case he is inferior to her and protects her. In a normal relationship you don't ask one another what he or she can do or not do, you don't get permission to do things. If there is a huge decision to make in a relationship it is simply discussed. In the relationship of John and her it is all about him giving her permission to do things. In one of her writings she writes, " Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia."(Line108) A wife should never have to be let to do something. If she feels like she wants to go visit her cousins then she should just get up and be able to go. You usually only get permission from someone of a higher an authority or level than you. In a relationship one is not at a higher level than another is. So why does she end up the way she does? In the beginning of the story it almost seems as if there isn't really anything that wrong with her. John says that with a little rest she will be better in no time. She does not get better though; she only seems to get worse and worse, more psycho and more psycho. The way John treats her only worsens her condition. She eventually believes that she literally placed herself into the situation she was placed into. She was placed into an old gymnasium for children. She lives all day and all night in a gymnasium that has a color that is " repellent, almost revolting: a smouldering unclean yellow". The color of the room is depressing enough alone, just as she is depressed. She places herself into her own situation as she states herself between line 240 and 245, "I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did!" If you are depressed the worst thing is to be locked up in a nasty, yellow room, with no job, and nob...
