- Victorian Mansion, 19th century- John rents a house for the summer. The narrator finds this house scary
Rising Action
The narrator writes behind John's back. She feels guilty for not being a help to her husband. She isolates herself and fancies the wallpaper
She looks at the wallpaper and sees the lights and patterns on the wall change. She beings to see a woman creeping around
Climax
The Narrator sees this woman wandering around. The day before she's supposed to return home, she beings to tear apart the wallpaper to set this odd woman free. The narrator locks herself into the room and throws out the key
Falling Action
The narrator believes that she was the one stuck inside the wallpaper and now she's free. John enters the room and realizes that his wife really is sick so he faints
Resolution
Narrator is the protagonist
ProtagonistAntagonistMoral
John is the antagonist
The moral of the story is that women who are suffering from depression should be respected and should be given a say in their recovery. It's relevant because it describes the attitude towards a women's mental health