Madness was hinted to these characters over the course of time and a part of the conflict that they struggle with. The Raven was shown as being an unsuspecting victim of his own mind. This mans’ visions cornered him into dealing with harsh truths within his own life. It is unsure if was a psychotic break or the first lap into madness, but by the end of the poem he is left with grief screaming at a rave. The woman from the yellow wallpaper was aware of her sickness. She spoke about her condition, (perhaps not understanding the severity of her illness) she went into detail of both her off-color physical and mental state. No matter how often people around her knew and talked to her about her dilutions still took over her mind anyway in the end. …show more content…
While he could have gone mad or at the very least distraught by the end of the poem he seemed quite sane while handling his grief. His madness sprung upon him and the audience.
For Wanda the hallucinations she saw consumed her and ruined her quality of life. She became a suspicious hermit while engulfed with her fear of death. Wanda lived despite her visions and in some ways in her madding sate showed a will to live that was beyond all logic. Her visions did not make her think clearly enough to escape her the darkness, she had forced herself to endure. Wanda was living in terror while the woman from the yellow wall paper thrived on the responsibility and meaning her visions gave her.
The hallucinations of the woman gave her purpose, something to obsess and worry over, it gave her a goal and a job to do. This discomfort came and maybe boredom helped develop her seeing shapes and movement that was not happening. Just like the man from The Raven, who hear noises and saw a creature fly in his window that wasn’t actually there. While Wanda hid and wanted to run away from her hallucination. The woman from the yellow wall paper faced her delusion head on and approached the wall with same mindset of being the hero of the horrid wall