The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/theliteratureofprescriptio…

Use these assignments to demonstrate critical thinking: refer to details from the plot, specifics from the story, characters, examples, quotes, etc.

How do you think we, the readers, are supposed to feel about the narrator? Explain your answers.

What does the wallpaper mean to the narrator? Who is the woman in the wallpaper? Find some important quotes that best represent the importance of the setting and it’s meaning to the story.

How do you think we, the readers are supposed to feel about the John and Jennie? Explain your answers thoroughly and find quotes from the story to support your answers.

How does this short story conclude? What does you think about the conclusion and the fate of the narrator and her husband? What do you think Gilman is trying to say to her reader by concluding in this way? Use specific quotes from the story to help you support your answer.

What are some important themes in this short story? A theme is a complete sentence that exposes what an author feels or thinks about a specific topic.

What are your overall impressions of the short story? Explain your answers. why is it important to study in a class about the history of women’s literature? Be specific and refer to details

 

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The Yellow Wallpaper

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