As part of a "rest cure", her husband forbids her from exercising her imagination in any way. Then we begin to see both his reason and his emotions rebel against the treatment as he turns his imagination to seemingly neutral objects (the house and the wallpaper) in an attempt to ignore his frustration. The negativity she feels influences her descriptions of her surroundings, making them appear disturbing and threatening. In fact, isolation from the excitement of the outside world makes us suffer more. Therefore, there is no doubt that he would definitely direct his attention towards the strange apparition in the background, which is actually the projection of