Who is Jane? Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a story set in the late 1800's about a woman and her "nervous troubles." The story begins with a young woman and her husband going to the country for the summer. The summer retreat is supposed to allow the woman to recover from her provisional depression of an unknown cause, however her condition seems to be deteriorating instead. Throughout the story the first person narrator, which is …showed first 75 words of 660 total…

…showed last 75 words of 660 total…abhorrence toward Jennie as well. So, "Jane" may have been Gilman's error when she said, "...In spite of you and Jane," in which she really meant to say Jennie. I like the way the ending statements of the story are a bit dubious and mystifying. Whether "Jane" is the narrator, the lady in the wallpaper, or Jennie, I think the conclusion was very successful and effective. However, the question will still remain: who is Jane?