“The Yellow Wallpaper” and the Theories of Sigmund Freud Human nature is complex. In order to remain healthy humans require of a multitude of essential elements, which supersede the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing. These essential elements include the natural human desire of attention, companionship, communication, and to be understood. In order to battle loneliness, achieve self-confidence and reach a point of happiness in ones life, it is only natural that one searches …showed first 75 words of 2410 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2410 total…it is the one that causes the narrator to experience such thoughts and visions. However, even more destructive to the narrator was the fact that she was constrained from living life and was denied the chance to fulfill her own desires. This is what ultimately stripped her from reality and caused her to create an unconscious world based upon the determination to escape entrapment. The narrator eventually achieves freedom at the expense of her sanity.