Nursey Symbolism

The next symbol introduced is the nuersey this is the room that the narrator and her husband are using. The narrator describes it as, “It was a nursery first, and then playroom and gymnasium, I should judge for the windows are barred for little children.” (648) The nursey represents the way that women were treated during this time. In the nineteenth century were looked at as children. Men believed that women did not have the mindset to take care of themselves and needed to be guided through life by a man because women were incapable. The narrator shows us this belief when she describes her husband john saying “He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.” (648) The narrator although, trying to be nice is
a little passive aggressive in her words. She knows her husband loves her, but as most men during the time he is controlling and treats her as a child.