The narrator’s wish to write and be able to freely express her emotions shows her desire to satisfy her basic needs. Throughout the story, she says “I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me” (Gilman 846). However, when this emotional and intellectual source of venting is denied she mentally deteriorates quickly. Due to this she wants to write about it and feels good when she does so. The narrator is experiencing “some ripples in her unconscious in which she is afraid to openly confront. The id has been ruthlessly repressed still, it is trying to” become noticed. It is evident that there is a disturbance “in the unconscious of the narrator. The Yellow Wallpaper seamlessly depicts the concepts of the Id, Ego, and the Lacanian psychosis.The narrator’s constant focus on writing and the yellow wallpaper portrays the exposure and taking over of her Id. One way the author does this is through her descriptive writing style. Gilman adds purpose to her writing by bringing awareness to overlooked topics and issues. The Yellow Wallpaper presents a unique format that can be interpreted in many ways.
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