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"The Yellow Wallpaper": In the Mind of a Disturbed Wife "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is told from a feminist point of view, but I believe the story has a deeper meaning when read through the disturbed wife's eye. The story's distortion from the pure, female perspective, into the disturbed wife's eye changes what the reader sees. The entire story is told from the mind of the disturbed wife, the narrator. Her vivid illustrations of descriptive elements enhance the reader's perception of the particular kind of insanity that afflicts the disturbed wife. "A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity…John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that…he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures." (469) This passage, which occurs at the beginning of the story, describes the distinct point of view of the narrator. She describes this house with an intense feeling of discomfort. She believes that the mansion incorporates external instruments of restraint suggestive of a prison or mental ward. John, her husband, laughs at her opinions regarding the house and her feelings toward the area. Her comme