At the end of Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s short “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the narrator becomes the woman in the wallpaper as she had liberated herself from her husband’s oppression. The ending is a success for her because she was able to remove the shackles and constraints that were placed on her. In her experience, she views the nursery as a prison that has restricted liberty and freedom. In addition, she states “I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls.”(Stetson 648) The narrator’s physician and husband, John, is her primary care taker which brings the question as whether or not that is an appropriate role for him. According to the narrator, John consistently patronizes her