"The Yellow Wallpaper"

I do not view "The Yellow Wallpaper" as a ghost story. Though Gothic,  I believe the passage provides more evidence of a descent into madness than supernatural activity. I believe a descent into madness is easy to see from the various journal entries how Jane changes her point of view and state of mind. In the beginning, Jane clearly has opinions and desires past being forced to stay in bed all day, and wishes for more in life. Jane also finds the house "queer" and repeatedly speaks of her disdain for the yellow wallpaper in the room in which she is forced to stay. As time passes and Jane receives practically no stimulus she begins to become entranced with the wallpaper. Soon she becomes obsessed with the vary thing she couldn't stand. This first radical shift in Jane's opinion reflects a shift in her state of mind. Jane's opinion of her husband John also changes. In the beginning of the piece she sees him as a loving, caring, if not overbearing, husband. As she descends into madness, however, Jane believes John only "pretended to be very loving and kind". Finally, Jane's opinion of the woman creeping behind the pattern changes as well. Originally, Jane found the woman's appearances behind the wallpaper unsettling and wishes to leave, but as time progresses Jane sympathizes with another woman trapped against her will, and ultimately, as Jane finally succumbs to madness, Jane believes she is the woman from behind the wallpaper and behaves accordingly.