Question

in the yellow paper,what was the significance of John’s sister, Jennie, living with them

Answer 1

• Jennie was John's sister who lived with them and acts as housekeeper for him and his wife(narrator).John's wife loses touch with reality and she thinks that the house they live in is haunted.The attempt to control her imagination increases her frustration even more and she becomes fixated on the wallpaper in the house.
• She keeps sinking into her inner fascination with the wallpaper and starts to become even more dissocited with the reality.She identifies herself with the lady in the wallpaper who is trapped and sees women to be hidden behind their domestic prison.
• Seeing Jennie and her contentment with the domestic role tend to intensify narrator's feelings even more and sense of guilt develops in her own inability to behave as a good traditional wife and mother.She is a constant reminder to the narrator of her inabilities to take care of her home and family.Jennie doesnt find anything wrong in her domestic life.Amd the narrator also feels that Jennie knows about her condition and her growing interest in the wallpaper.