The Yellow Wallpaper
describe the "rest cure" treatment and explain why its precribed the narrator?
its in yellow wallpaper story
its in yellow wallpaper story
Basically the husband treats his wife with a certain disdain. He humours her complaints thinking they are simply the ravings of a woman. Being a doctor he holds a certain old-boy superiority over her. He is clueless to his wife's emotional and psychological health. Rest is the worst thing for her because her mind needs engagement. Still his view is a throwback to a very sexist patriarchal mindset that existed in those days.
The rest-cure method involves locking his wife in a room with ugly wallpaper.
The Rest Cure treatment kept patients in isolation from friends and family with only a fatty milk diet and treated like a child who is sometimes forced-fed. It is prescribed for those who suffer from some nervousness disorders.