Meet the Cast
The Narrator
Introducing… Jane DoeThe first line of “The Yellow Wallpaper” does double duty, introducing both the setting of the story—a home for someone else’s ancestors—and the story’s narrator:...
John
Dr. EvilNo, he's not a cryogenically frozen mastermind with a bald head and a bald cat to match. And no, he doesn't have an infuriating habit of raising his pinky finger to his lips. But hey: this...
The Woman in the Wallpaper
We considered this one for a long time: is the woman behind the wallpaper, a woman who our narrator is probably imagining, really a character? Our thinking is that the narrator comes to think of th...
Mary
A woman who takes care of the newborn. Use of the name "Mary" conjures up the idea of the iconic Virgin Mary.
Jennie
John’s sister, who happily assumes all the traditional duties of a housewife so the narrator is "free" to sit in her room all day.