The Yellow Wallpaper characters

The unnamed narrator is a woman suffering from what is described as 'nervous depression.' She is creative and imaginative but becomes increasingly obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in her room.

John is the narrator's husband and a physician. He believes in the rest cure for his wife's condition and dismisses her opinions and feelings, contributing to her mental decline.

Jennie is John's sister and acts as a housekeeper. She is practical and caring but unknowingly contributes to the narrator's isolation by following John's instructions.

The woman in the wallpaper is a figment of the narrator's imagination, representing her feelings of entrapment and desire for freedom.

Mary takes care of the narrator's baby. She is mentioned briefly and represents the traditional role of women during the period.

He is a physician like John and supports the rest cure treatment, reinforcing the medical authority that dismisses the narrator's perspective.