![]() ![]() The narrator pretends to follow his orders, but she is unable to sleep and simply follows the pattern of the wallpaper with her eyes. The pattern becomes bars, and the figure of a woman becomes very clear.Īs the days pass, John makes the narrator lie down more often for her health. By moonlight, the pattern looks completely different. ![]() ![]() She notices that when the first ray of sunlight shoots through the east window, the pattern changes quickly. She is appalled at the irritating pattern and still cannot understand how the pattern can be so torturous. The wallpaper's pattern continues to absorb the narrator. He goes to sleep, but the narrator stays up for hours staring at the wallpaper. She responds with "Better in body perhaps," but John interrupts and urges her not to think about such things. She asks him if they can leave, but he says their lease is up in three weeks and their house is still being remodeled besides, she looks like she is getting better. Rather than wake him, the narrator gets out of bed to look at the female figure in the wall. ![]() Yet, the narrator feels insecure talking about her case because she does not want him to think that she doubts him or loves him any less. She hopes to convince him to let them leave the nursery despite her preoccupation with the wallpaper, she still feels something ominous about it. One night, the narrator decides that she should talk about her case with John. ![]()
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