![]() ![]() According to Weir Mitchell’s theory, any sort of creative activity will have a detrimental effect on the patient. John gives the narrator tonics and medicines to help with her recovery, but primarily directs her to stop writing. ![]() John hopes that the change of scenery and absence from city life will help the narrator recover from a “slight hysterical tendency.” John, a practical man, does not believe that the narrator is actually sick and decides that the best cure for her nervousness is the “rest cure,” a treatment promoted by the famous physician, S. ![]() However, she still finds “something queer” about the house. The narrator is immediately awed by the majestic beauty of the house and considers herself lucky to be able to spend the summer living there. The anonymous female narrator and her physician husband, John, have rented out a colonial mansion for the summer. ![]()
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