the husband shields the wife from society when she starts exhibiting inexplicable nervousness. whenever she tries to bring up the subject of her illness, her husband, John, shuts her down by with patronizing words and molly coddle. her continual battle with reality never gets recognition by her physician husband and finally she complete succumbs to her mental illness. 
 the transcendence of the lady's psyche is a breathtaking journey and the narration is captivating.