Irony plays a crucial role in the story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman. It emphasizes how the course of treatment chosen by the narrator’s husband only worsens her condition. It also increases the reader’s engagement and facilitates sympathy for the main character.
The narrator is the main character of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Her husband, John, is a physician. When she starts to show signs of a mental illness resembling depression, he designs a course of treatment. According to it, any kind of work is not allowed. The narrator herself believes that an engaging occupation would help her to combat her illness.
Indeed, the treatment of her husband has an adverse effect on her mental health resulting in insanity. The conflict between what she needs and what has been prescribed is the main situational irony of the story. It shows how his care had the opposite effect from the one intended.
There is also a dramatic irony in the story. It lies in the contrast between what the reader and what the characters can see. For example, the narrator claims that her anger with John is wrong. The reader is able to perceive that his actions are actually what exacerbates her illness. Also, she once refers to her state as not serious while it is clear that her mental state is getting worse.
These examples of dramatic irony are important because of the impact they have on the reader. They help to emphasize the character better and to see how unaware she is of her fate.
Uchafu una jukumu muhimu katika hadithi ya Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Inaonyesha jinsi matibabu yaliyochaguliwa na mume wa msimuliaji yanavyozidisha tu hali yake. Pia huongeza ushiriki wa msomaji na kuwezesha huruma kwa mhusika mkuu. Msimuliaji ni mhusika mkuu wa The Yellow Wallpaper na Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Mume wake, John, ni daktari. Anapoanza kuonyesha dalili za ugonjwa wa akili unaofanana na mshuko wa moyo, yeye huandaa utaratibu wa matibabu. Kulingana na sheria hiyo, kazi yoyote hairuhusiwi. Msimuliaji mwenyewe anaamini kwamba kazi yenye kuvutia ingemsaidia kupambana na ugonjwa wake. Kwa kweli, matibabu ya mume wake yana athari mbaya kwa afya yake ya akili na kusababisha wazimu. Mzozo kati ya kile anachohitaji na kile ambacho kimeagizwa ni ucheshi kuu wa hali ya hadithi. Inaonyesha jinsi utunzaji wake ulivyowa na matokeo tofauti na yale yaliyokusudiwa. Pia kuna jambo lenye kuchekesha sana katika hadithi hiyo. Inategemea tofauti kati ya kile msomaji anachoona na kile wahusika wanachoona. Kwa mfano, msimuliaji anadai kwamba hasira yake kwa John ni mbaya. Msomaji anaweza kuona kwamba matendo yake ndiyo yanayozidisha ugonjwa wake. Pia, mara moja anataja hali yake kuwa si mbaya wakati ni wazi kwamba hali yake ya akili inazidi kuwa mbaya. Mifano hiyo ya ucheshi wa kuigiza ni muhimu kwa sababu ya uvutano wanaokuwa nao juu ya msomaji. Husaidia kukazia tabia vizuri zaidi na kuona jinsi yeye hajui hatima yake.