Who Is John In The Yellow Wallpaper?

John is a character in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." He is the narrator's husband and a physician who believes in the "rest cure" for treating his wife's postpartum depression. John is portrayed as a well-meaning but controlling figure who dismisses his wife's concerns and insists on keeping her isolated in a room with yellow wallpaper, which ultimately exacerbates her mental illness.

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