The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte perkins Gilman

1. What is the significance of the color of the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: There are different types of associations of yellow color, positive and negative. It is the color of the sun, and is often associated with warmth and happiness. It reminds us of a yellow butterfly field on a fresh summer day. This is probably the reason why children will be chosen for the nursery. In this view, the yellow color represents the fact that the state of mind of the narrator is often viewed positively but negatively interprets the space around him as cloning. The color can be associated with cowardice and deception. Being a coward with a "yellow belly", “Yellow journalism” is weak or misleading reporting. Yellow can also resemble images of spotted and drunken white clothing. This further negative interaction will combine with the weak position of the narrator within the householder and the deception of the other end.

2. How does the narrator's situation in "The Yellow Wallpaper" come to light?

Answer: Narrator hallucinations often involve people: outsiders, a female creeping, and finally many women. For example, from the window he sees "a man walking on these innumerable paths and arbors", he illuminates a picture of a woman in a wallpaper pattern. This woman is transformed into a lot of women, who come out of the wallpaper and bark outside. These hallucinations reflect isolation and loneliness where the narrator is stuck. She has very little contact with other people, spending most of her time alone. The isolation he endures leads to greater emotional isolation, and the confusion that results from the confusion creates other people. These people build the narrator's world as an alternative to social communication from which he is deprived.

3. Whom the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is addressing while writing his journal and why are these audiences significant?

Answer: There are two ways to view it. One is that he is writing to some outside audience. Another is that he is writing himself. If he writes to a reader, he conveys his story to this person, addressing that person like you: "And I'll tell you personally - why I saw him!" However, as the story progresses he trusts this person more and more: "I've found one more interesting thing, but I'm not saying it right now! It doesn't make people believe too much" "It's a fairly straightforward text of the story. If He writes on his own, but these issues of trust take on a different meaning. In writing, he has already become his own listener - his identity is already divided, and when he first believes in his own privacy, he begins to hide information from himself at the end of the story. This reading of the story is supported by the fact that he is unaware of some of his own activities - it may be a way in which his mind is trying to defend itself.

4. How does the pattern of the wallpaper in "Yellow Wallpaper," appear as a metaphor for the narrator's own mind?

Answer: When the narrator first sees the wallpaper, he describes it as confusing, with elements that “provoke study”. In a particularly prophetic phrase, he notes that its loops and curves "self-destruct unnecessarily." As he goes to study it day after day, it seems that it changes regularly and even after spending a few hours with it with his eyes, he cannot understand it or find out where it has reached. In the end, in its perception, it divides into two distinct parts: an outer part and a hidden part. The mind of the narrator, like the wallpaper, is also confusing him, yet he tries to understand it without luck. As he thinks, his own thoughts "not being heard without conflict" leave him behind. In the end, like the pattern, his mind divides into separate parts and destroys itself.

5. For what purpose did Gilman include the character Jenny in "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: John's sister Jenny is important in the conspiracy trial because she represents John's presence when she is away and thus adds to the narrator's suspicions and anxieties. Yet Jenny plays a more important role in developing the themes of women's roles in the home and society. As a woman who, according to the narrator, "is a perfect and enthusiastic housemaid, and does not expect any better profession," Jenny plays the role of a socially accepted woman. He is not ambitious but he gladly accepted his duties at home. This provides an important contrast between both the narrator and Gilman, who are interested in different jobs.

6. How does the changing attitude of the narrator towards the woman in the wallpaper in "Yellow Wallpaper" develop the theme of women's roles?

Answer: The attitude of the narrator towards the woman in the wallpaper changes over time. At first glance at the image on the back of the narrator's pattern, he is curious: "I gently get up and go to see if the paper has moved." Next time, he observes that there are multiple female figures, and they seem to crawl around on the back of the pattern, and this time he dislikes the woman: "I don't like it at all. I'm surprised - I start thinking - I hope John takes me away from here! ”Later, he realizes that there are some similarities between him and the woman: the two are subdued and calmed by the type of wallpaper, so his attitude towards the woman shifts from curiosity to unity. It develops the premise of the role of women in society because the narrator relates to the other woman as an individual woman, then many (or all) women, then herself as a woman. At first she felt different from other women. Then he is disappointed to realize that the woman is suffering; He has begun to consider the powerlessness of women (and himself) and he does not like it. Eventually, she accepts herself as a woman and realizes that she is sharing something in common with other women.

7. How would you describe the physical, mental and emotional state of the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and how these self-involved parts are connected?

Answer: The narrator's physical self is being eroded due to excessively rich food and limited activities. She is physically limited by her husband's orders, which dictate every aspect of her life: food, rest, walking, and medication. He makes a few decisions about how he uses his time. This physical breakdown seems to be the main reason for the failure of his mental and emotional faculties, although these result in additional physical symptoms - too much sleep during the day, insomnia at night, and so on. His physical decay was soon reflected in his thought life. Although he has the right to an active mind and is clearly an intelligent person, he begins to lose control of his mental state by the time he enters his fourth journal, revealing that "this is going to be a great effort to think directly for me." As such, his emotional state seems to have been shattered during the first few weeks of sitting at home. She became "unreasonably angry" with John after she left the house and after a few weeks of reports "I don't cry at all, and cry most of the time."

8. How does the narrator's description of the setting reflect his situation in Section 1 of the "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: At the beginning of the story, the narrator seems happy to be in this kind of "ancestral hall" but has a vague feeling that there is something strange about the place. He thinks it feels a bit like a haunted house. He described it as beautiful but "alone", in the streets and miles away from the city, "hedges and walls and gates are locked." The greenhouses are “all broken now”. This initial description of the setting reflects different aspects of the narrator’s mental and physical situation. She feels vaguely uncomfortable, although her feelings still haven’t given way to emotion and paranoia. He is supposed to rest without the social motivation that he is “quite alone” and has no real companionship in it. He is aware of the boundaries and boundaries of his life - the “hedges and the walls and gates that lock” but he still doesn’t feel limited by them. Also, there are parts of it that should be full of broken and broken lives like greenhouses.

9. What is the role of the narrator's child in "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: The narrator mentions her baby in only a few places. She reveals that Mary took care of the baby because she herself was not too close she comforted herself that at least occupied the nursery; She put the baby to sleep somewhere far away from the horrible wallpaper. The child never physically appears in a scene and the narrator does not describe any interaction with his child. One of the purposes of referring to a child is to a mother who describes the reader, and her relatively new mental state may be related to postpartum depression, a well-known complication of childbirth. In addition, readers must consider different types of mothers: mothers who are caring, other mothers who will take care of their children, mothers who are healthy, and mothers who are not sick. The mother label is an important part of the narrator's identity; but that can complicate the story. It seems that the narrator needs a creative life which is more than being a mother. Another level of complexity with the presence of the child is that the narrator gives a sad note of his separation from his child. He is not only isolated from other adults; She is separated from her own child. Both his nervous condition and John's dubious cure for it add to this separation. Although the narrator does not mention the child too much, the broken mother-child bond necessarily plays a role in its deterioration.

10. What are the main internal and external conflicts of "Yellow Wallpaper" and are they resolved?

Answer: The main external conflict is between the narrator and her husband. John has decided that he needs to follow "rest healing" to recover. Yet the narrator does not agree with his opinion that he needs to avoid doing any "work" until he recovers. As a doctor, his prescription is for complete avoidance of any kind of work with daily tonics, fresh air, regular meals and writing. In contrast, the narrator believes that “innate work with excitement and change” will make him feel better. Moreover, John believes that he should not even think about his "condition". He said that thinking about his "condition" (it was a feeling of frustration and anxiety) was a "very bad thing" for him. However, the narrator thinks that if he had "less opposition" and more "society and stimulus", his condition could have improved, as if the problem of resolving his frustration was rather than ignoring one. Modern treatment for depression will agree with the narrator; In fact, the separation applied by her husband adds to her frustration instead of alleviating it. Unfortunately, although he disagrees, he has little strength in the conflict, and so it cannot be rationally resolved. This unresolved conflict eventually adds to his declining mental state. The main internal conflict is between the narrator's desire to be a good wife and something different or more than his role. She wants to write, be creative and do some “work” that is her own. Yet she wants to please her husband, who she believes is a good, loving man. This conflict seems to have been resolved by his insanity, because at the end of the story, he no longer wants to be satisfied but is completely immersed in his own thoughts and imagination.

11. In section 1 of the "Yellow Wallpaper" section, how does the narrator react when he first expresses his opinion that the house may feel "weird" to help develop his character?

Answer: The narrator describes John as practical and has no patience for prejudice. So when he finds out that the house is strange in the form of his voice, he looks for a practical, physical reason and decides that his feeling is actually the feeling of removing air from a draft. And, being practical, he solves this problem by closing the window. John's denial of the narrator lets the reader see right now that the narrator and her husband are completely different from each other. Also, this type of behavior shown at the beginning of the story is just a small example of the father’s narrator’s condition and his overall approach to helping him. He expresses his feelings and he looks for some common physical cause such as lack of sleep or lack of food or too much excitement. Since he is not looking at the real issue, his solutions are not working; in the end, the intensity of his wife's insanity surprised him completely. At the beginning of the story, the reader can identify the narrator's illness with a practical opinion, and at the end he is as surprised as he is.

12. Although the narrator's brother is not a character in "Yellow Wallpaper", how will his mention in Section 1 affect the plot and themes?

Answer: The narrator's brother, who is a "high physician" like John, agrees with John's view that "there is really nothing." Both men assure family and friends that this is true, and this effectively separates him from meaningful contact with his family and friends. John’s opinion helps to strengthen the narrator’s isolation in support of the brother; perhaps without this second support opinion, he might not have cut so much. His isolation is the driving force behind his last madness, so even though his brother is not a character in the story, he helps set the stage for later events in the story. Her inclusion also emphasizes the core themes of women's roles, reminding readers that this is not a common occurrence of gender roles in marriage, but women's roles in society in general. Only because his brother is male, has he been given the ability by society to know what is most appropriate.

13. Why is it important for the narrator of "Yellow Wallpaper" to hide his journal essay from Section 1 and Zone 1 and Jenny?

Answer: From the first journal entry, readers learned that John didn't want the narrator to work, and considered writing one of the things he shouldn't do: "I wrote for a while nonetheless; but it doesn't make me better. Johnny, John's sister, agrees to his wishes and informs him of his activities as the narrator leaves, so the narrator sees him only as an extension of John's will. She is a woman who only believes in her brother's orders as her husband. When the narrator writes in his journal, he must keep it hidden when someone comes to avoid this opposition. It has a negative effect on his mental state, tolerating loneliness. Not only was he physically isolated, he was forced to live a double life, but he secretly disobeyed. It is the theme of women’s roles and helps to develop the detrimental effects of these social norms. Women who were inclined to work had to hide their desires, or worse, deny them. For example, a female writer could use a man's name as a pen name, but the woman would then keep an important part of her identity secret from the public. Gilman's story shows the devastating effects of hiding the true spirit of women.

14. What is the effect of perspective on the narrative style of "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: The story is told primarily from a first-person perspective, and it allows the narrator's thoughts to be reflected in the narrative style as they move from rational and integrated to increasingly contradictory. The beginning of the story is characterized by long journal entries, longer sentences describing houses and fields, and usually a description hanging together. Later entries become shorter and more disturbing by using shorter sentences that don’t always seem logically connected. The use of punctuation such as amnesia points and dashes helps the narrator to express fragmented and excited emotions. In the end, the effect is very pronounced: "I've enjoyed the house a lot, now it's empty again".

15. What effect does the attitude have on the way the characters evolve in “Yellow Wallpaper”?

Answer: The use of first-person perspectives means that the reader is able to experience the narrator's character development as soon as he or she becomes insane from the "nervous state." However, attitudes also affect the way other characters have evolved because readers only see these people from the narrator's point of view. In this story, the effect is that readers are somewhat mysterious about the real feelings and motives of John and Jenny. John seems to feel hostility to his wife and snatches her agency every time. Yet the narrator continues to describe him as a loving, attentive husband, making the reader feel conflicted about him. For example, consider the following sentence: "He is very caring and loving and allows me to be strongly aroused without special direction." She said she was caring and loving. Yet he has complete control over his every move. Genio is seen through the lens of the narrator's point of view with similar results. The narrator hides his writings when Jenny arrives and Jenny regularly reports to John that he thinks she is a spy. Yet the narrator says Jenny reports “good” and looks like Jenny’s motives are upwards. So here again the readers feel conflicted, perhaps concluding that all the characters are behaving in the best way they know and that what is “best” is actually their perception of their problem.

16. Why is it significant that the description of "Yellow Wallpaper" was used as a nursery?

Answer: Every aspect of the setting is important for the development of themes in this story. There are three very important things about the narrator’s room being a former nursery. A hall has bars in the room - a practical feature that prevents children from falling from high windows. However, the bars contribute to the theme of imprisonment, especially if the narrator begins to understand a woman stuck behind the "bar" of the type of wallpaper. The reader may think that John puts her upstairs in the room because it has bars, which the narrator believes, and there is more doubt and excitement between what her husband thinks. The second is how the nursery points to the narrator's complete and childish reliance on her husband John. He treats her like a child who must be cared for, not as an adult. Also, setting the nurse’s room in the nursery and that place is her insanity significantly hints at the effects of childbirth for women, as they must abandon their intellectual and public pursuits when it comes to motherhood. Moreover, leaving the narrator in the nursery without her child indicates the complexity of her childbearing at all.

17. "Yellow wallpapers," in Section 2, the narrator observes, "I always imagine I'm walking people on these myriad paths and arbors." How does this observation affect the reader?

Answer: This observation occurs at the beginning of the story, in the second journal entry It makes the reader wonder: At what stage in the story does the narrator begin to become frustrated? He calls these people “fancy,” or examples of imagination. In this, there seems to be no admission that people are probably not real. And John didn't tell her to give up on fiction and fiction. So, the reader has doubts in his mind as to whether real people are walking in the sight of his windows. This suspicion creates suspense and indicates to the reader that the narrator may not be reliable. The reliability of the storyteller is an important aspect of the story because readers express empathy for the main character, especially when the story is told to the first person. Lack of trust between the reader and the narrator gives rise to discomfort and doubt in the reader.

18. In "The Yellow Wallpaper", John's every wish was a reason to deny the truthful, and what does it reveal about the character of the reasons he gave?

Answer: When the narrator asked if they could use the ground floor room instead of sleeping in the nursery in the temporarily rented house, John refused. He made the excuse that the lower room had only one window, no room for two beds, and no room nearby to live in. It was rebuilt because his "imaginary" shots should not be given to him. He also claimed that it would require further change. When she asks to meet her cousins, she says she can't stand it. When he told them to return home soon, he said the house was undergoing repairs and they would not be finished yet. On their own, each reason seems perfectly plausible. Yet in no way, since John is unable to comply with his wishes, the always plausible reason for him is truly doubtful. The excuse for repairs seems the least credible, as he gave the narrator the idea early in the summer that they were renting the estate for his health. He also confronted himself when he told his wife that he would not print the house, but "he would [get down] from there and bargain and whitewash." It is interesting that John uses the word whitewash here because whitewashing means to prevent someone from learning the truth. This is a clue to the reader that John is joking with the narrator and John probably knows that he is very ill, even if he does not explain it to him.

19. How does “Yellow Wallpaper” discover the tension between imagination and rational mind?

Answer: The story discovers this excitement by making the final presentation. On the one hand, John prides himself on being rational and practical. He does not approve of the imagination, especially the imagination of the wife. He believes it is a weakness in him that will enable him to control good ideas and willpower: as soon as they get home he reports that John "said that nervous weakness with my imaginary strength and storytelling habits made me sure that all kinds of stimuli would be aroused. Maybe, and I should use my will and affirmation to test my tendency. "" John believes that "no stupid actresses should be allowed to run away with him." On the other hand, the narrator - probably has a little reasonable plaque. He presents the wallpaper pattern that is scattered, twisted, out of control, and just as he feared John, all sorts of "myths" caught his mind. Both characters show the limits of seeing the world through logic or imagination. Used his imagination or valued his wife's opinion but was less shocked in the end. If the narrator has an outlet for his logical interests, maybe the whole The lack of insanity stopped. It is symbolic as a metaphor because he desperately tries to find a logical pattern on the wallpaper and is unable to.

20. In the 4th section of the "Yellow Wallpaper" section, how does John sit down after taking the narrator to bed and advise him about his marriage?

Answer: These pictures - of someone being taken to bed, sitting next to them and reading aloud - and these put John in the role of a father rather than a husband. Accordingly, the narrator plays the role of the child rather than the adult. This implies that their marriage is not one of equality but one with a protective, nurturing caregiver and a helpless, dependent charge. It reveals the relationship between John and the narrator and also develops the way the role of women in society is explored in the story. John seems to meet the expectations of society to a man and a husband, although to the detriment of his mind he must try to meet the expectations of a woman's society.

21. What role will Mary play in "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: The story only mentions Mary by name, but she plays an important role in advancing the main theme of the narrator's isolation and women's roles. The narrator assigns Mary to take care of the baby: "Lucky Mary is very well with the baby." Of course it makes the narrative around the baby nervous, but instead of helping with the motherhood, she has completely lost this responsibility to another woman. Mary Hall society expects a woman, although the narrator is not. This means that another work has been removed from the narrator's duties, isolating him and without purpose. This division between different activities allows women to perform while developing the theme of women’s roles. Mary played the mother and Jenny played the domestic character. What is the true purpose of the narrator?

22. Why does the narrator in "Yellow Wallpaper" ask "What can anyone do?" and "What to do?"

Answer: In the first journal entry, the narrator asks, "What can anyone do?" and then twice asked "What to do?"

In the context of her helplessness and inability to convince her husband that she is really sick, to stand against her husband's opinion as a respected physician, and to agree with her husband's and brother's opinion for the best cure, she asked this question about her nervous state. Thus, these questions express some feelings of helplessness about his situation. His inability to behave in a way that it would actually have the effect of changing his own life. Sadly his own instincts are best for him to be creative and talk more with others. Her questions highlight the narrator's reality that men have more power than women and have nothing to do with submission.

23. Why does Gilman, as the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper", describe the "torturer" pattern of the wallpaper by shifting the perspective from the first person to the second person?

The story briefly tells the second person's point of view in a sixth journal entry - a point where the main character refers to you using the pronoun: Yes and you're there. It slaps you in the face, throws you and tramples you. It's like a bad dream. It reflects the fact that she's "starting to lose her sense of self.

24. How does the public react to the good spirit of the narrator as he begins to feel more excited as he depicts the dramatic embarrassment in "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: Dramatic embarrassment occurs when the reader or listener knows more than one character in the story. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is written from a first-person point of view, and there are several examples of dramatic embarrassment in the story as the narrator is more confident about what is going on in his mind. The response of the people to the good spirit of the narrator is a great example. He is satisfied with his progress and believes he is recovering because he feels alive and is eating better. However, the reader knows that the narrator is not doing well at all but is actually going crazy fast. The recovery of his good soul is not due to health but due to his depression.

25. How does the description of the wallpaper pattern in "Yellow Wallpaper" change and why is this change significant?

Answer: His first description is a critique of the artistic elements of the pattern: "One of the scattered disguises that every artistic sin commits." He further notes that it is confusing and annoying. As for color, he sees it as strange and colorful. In a subsequent journal entry, he honors patterns with more humane qualities, such as being wicked and free-spirited, and having eyes. The curve has evolved and evolved. "He began to think of it as a living thing. After the story, however, the wallpaper really began to hunt in his mind. At the end of the story, he identifies it as a bar that traps the woman behind them, suffocating those who try to escape. The pattern has turned into a force of violence and destruction. This change is significant her feelings towards the wallpaper reflect her feelings towards her situation. She’s a woman who suffers from a nervous state that no one thinks is absolutely real; She is submissive to her husband's authority even when she disagrees; He is not allowed to do isolated and meaningful work. When he is confronted with this reality, he gets upset and reluctant. He finds it unpleasant. Over time, his dislike for it grows and it seems threatening. Eventually, his situation became devastating.

26. For what purpose did the "Yellow Wallpaper," in Section 1, serve the encouraging description of the narrator's home and foundations?

Answer: Since this description is close to the beginning of the text it serves to acquaint the reader with the setting which is a very important element of the story. Both settings reflect the inner state of the narrator and exacerbate his mental and emotional deterioration. Also, the narrative, with its cheerful tone, shows how the narrator has internalized the fact that the public is in control. For example, John told her that thinking about her condition was bad and would make her feel worse: "The worst thing I can do is think about my condition and I admit that it always makes me feel bad." In an attempt to comply with John's wishes, he maintains his own thoughts and points to a description of the house: "So I'll leave it alone and talk about the house." He seems to be trying to convince himself that everything is fine, and trying to align himself with the will of the people.

27. Why does the narrator in "Yellow Wallpaper" section 2 say that his case is not serious and he believes this statement?

Answer: The narrator says his case is not serious because John clearly told him so. He has other cases that are so serious that he must stay in town. On the contrary, she denies the importance of her own case and considers her as the authority as her husband and physician. He notes, "I'm glad my case isn't serious!" As if any relief should be given but everything is fine by the person who should know. However, his actual experience does not reflect what John says and it is confusing for him. "These nervous breakdowns are frustratingly frustrating," he said, "and John doesn't know how much I'm really suffering. He knows there's no reason to be sad and it satisfies him." Although a lawsuit he wants so much is “not serious,” as John says, his real-life experience is what makes him feel terrible. Deep down, he can't really trust John.

28. How does the description of the wallpaper pattern in "Yellow Wallpaper" change and why is this change significant?

29. For what purpose did the "Yellow Wallpaper," in Section 1, serve the encouraging description of the narrator's home and foundations?

Answer: Since this description is close to the beginning of the text it serves to acquaint the reader with the setting which is a very important element of the story. Both settings reflect the inner state of the narrator and exacerbate his mental and emotional deterioration. Also, the narrative with its cheerful tone, shows how the narrator has internalized the fact that the public is in control. For example, John told her that thinking about her condition was bad and would make her feel worse: "The worst thing I can do is think about my condition and I admit that it always makes me feel bad." In an attempt to comply with John's wishes, he maintains his own thoughts and points to a description of the house: "So I'll leave it alone and talk about the house." He seems to be trying to convince himself that everything is fine, and trying to align himself with the will of the people.

30. Why does the narrator in "Yellow Wallpaper" section 2 say that his case is not serious and he believes this statement?

31. In "Yellow Wallpaper," section 2, why did Barnacle describe the vision from his window?

Answer: This descriptive section, like the descriptions of the fields in the first section, followed the description of the public description telling the narrator that something should go against his natural tendency. Here, he made an excuse about why he wanted to take a downstairs bedroom and why it’s not a good idea. Trying to agree with him, as he should have believed, he turned his energy to convince himself to agree with his point of view: Makes him uncomfortable for jokes. ”He even said he was being a“fan”of the house.

32. What does the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" say in Section 2 that he "must not think" and what effect does this "not thinking" have on him?

Answer: She says she shouldn't think about her condition, or how to get better: "I hope I can recover quickly. But I certainly can't think about it." Yet like suppressing autonomy and other forms of self-expression, suppressing his natural thinking and desire to solve problems intensifies his symptoms. He immediately began to feel the negative effects of the paper: "Look at this paper to me as if it knows what a terrible effect it has!" Of course it doesn’t have the evil effect of paper; It is the constant dismissal of his own thoughts and feelings that are having a devastating effect on his mind.

33. In "Yellow Wallpaper," section 2, what insights do you get about the narrator's personality from the details of his childhood bedroom furniture?

Answer: The narrator, speaking of yellow wallpapers, said that he had never seen so much expression in inanimate objects before admitting that seeing expressions in inanimate objects was not new to him: "And we all know how much expression they have!" He recalls waking up at night in his childhood, using his imagination to see life in his furniture: "I remember how our big, old bureau's nose was kindly blindfolded and there was a chair that always seemed firm, friend. I felt it." If anything else seems too deadly, I can always jump in that chair and be safe "The reader learns from this memory that the narrator was and always is an imaginative person. Her imagination is not part of her madness because in the past, her surroundings seemed comforting and friendly. However, his insanity has even destroyed his imagination.

34. How to describe the narrator's description of the "shapeless figure" that develops the theme of women's roles in "Yellow Wallpaper," section 2?

Answer: In this description - the first where he notices an "image" on the wallpaper - the narrator describes two layers of the wallpaper pattern: a clearly exterior design and a "shapeless" image behind it. Yet it serves as a symbolic representation of the role of women in society and the fact that society cares a lot about a woman’s outward appearance, her outlook and what is behind it. This inherently innocuous fact explains the fact that women usually find it difficult to strengthen the inner spirit of the time.

35. What does the bed represent in the "yellow wallpaper"?

Answer: The bed is just a piece of furniture in the room when the narrator and her husband first move into the property that they rented in the country. He notices that the "great immovable bed" is lying on the floor, and in reality, when he tries to remove it, it doesn't work. Just as the narrator cannot move the bed, so she cannot change her husband's mind by crying or pleading with him. The bed represents how powerless she is in her marriage. Also, the bed, the resting place, the movable is such that the presentation of the “healing” and separation of the rest presents an unforgettable truth in the narrator’s own life. She is forced by John’s double authority as husband and doctor, to schedule rest, eating and walking this rest schedule is as temporary as bed.

36. How does the “long smooch” of the narrator of “Yellow Wallpaper” reveal the nature of his mental illness?

Answer: When the narrator writes about the line of dust along the wall, he describes it as if he had just noticed; His activities revealed that he started barking with his shoulders against the wallpaper, barking against the wallpaper, long smooches around the wall, so I can't lose my way. - He is not always aware of his own actions but sees them from an external point of view.

37. Why does the narrator in "Yellow Wallpaper" start to get tired of the smell of wallpaper?

Answer: The narrator begins the conversation with the wallpaper in an authentic visual way: tracing his pattern with his eyes or trying to identify the effects of different lights or perspectives on the way his pattern will appear. As his obsession grows he begins to interact with it through his other senses. The scent of it is always present, partly because she touches it often and spreads it towards her clothes and hair and partly because it has become more significant and animated in her imagination, as she walks around the house and follows her even outside. While doing so, she thinks about it while not in the nursery, suggesting this idea. The wallpaper is now not only a visual appearance, but also a fragrant one, further enhancing its reality.

38. How does the narrator’s attitude towards the garden reflect his emotional reflection in the “Yellow Wallpaper”?

Answer: When they first entered the house, the narrator said the garden was "delicious" and he described its indifferent beauty in a very appealing way. At this point in the story, he may be sick and anxious, but he is not anxious. She can still enjoy normal, everyday things like a beautiful garden. The next time he mentions the garden, he describes it as "mysterious" and notes its deep shadows and chaotic flowers, shrubs and trees: "riot old-fashioned, and shrubs and shrubs." This suggests a more conflicting state of his sensitive state. The chaos of his mind and emotions is growing. Towards the end of the story, he notices that the woman is trembling "around the garden" and is afraid to go outside where "green instead of yellow" has moved the garden from a pleasant place to an uncomfortable place throughout the summer. It reflects the more terrifying emotional state of the narrator, as he invests more in his inner surroundings and becomes more assertive about his role as part of the wallpaper of the house.

39. Why did the narrator say that "the effort is getting bigger than the relief," "Yellow Wallpaper," in Section 4?

Answer: The narrator continues to write as a means of self-expression, yet John forbids writing and so he must do so in secret. He wrote that it was a relief ("It's a dead paper and a great relief to my mind ... but what I feel must be said and thought of in some way - it's such a relief!") Still acting physically and mentally do both. He must be careful in writing to make sure he is not caught. At the time of writing, she is aware that her husband refuses and her desire to please him is very strong. Gradually, surviving this constant tension is so tiring that the effort goes beyond relief.

40. In the words of the narrator in the 5th section of the "Yellow Wallpaper" section, what is the reaction of "Body in Body Maybe"?

Answer: John is surprised at this half-thought, because the second half is implicit: but I don't remember. The narrator said that he got up from the bed and looked at her with a "stern, contemptuous look". As his physician, he does not believe that his condition is a "true" illness, and he firmly believes that the more insane he thinks he is, the more likely he is to be. Denying his real misery, he asks her to believe him and not to say words that fulfill the sentence. Do not speak in such a way as to oppose.

41. In section 10 of "Yellow Wallpaper", why do the narrators believe that women come out from behind the wallpaper during the day and what is actually going on?

Answer: The narrator literally believes that the woman behind the wallpaper hides during the day because he claims to have seen the woman crawling outside. From his window, he "saw" the woman "in that long shady alley, down and down ... in the arbor of that dark vineyard, creeping around the garden ... on that long road under the tree, side by side." Picked up what may not be real, so it may be that he is just enchanting and his sympathy has become more widespread.

However, the more frightening thing involved is that he has seen himself crawling in these places, as if from the outside.

42 Why did the narrator identify the creeping as "offensive" in "The Yellow Wallpaper," section 10?

Answer: The narrator says, "Crying by daylight must be caught is very insulting." He then said that he personally locked the door so that no one could see his creep. So in some ways, his “abusive” behavior suggests that he is ashamed of his own behavior, or knows that it will be perverted. In a broader view, the fact that he has insulted the woman’s behavior and her own behavior implies that the narrator or Gilman finds women’s activities in society. Men are not allowed to do what they want to do.

43. Is John the victim or villain in "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: The role of John the Villain seems quite appropriate, as he is responsible for the narrator's lack of isolation, excitement, and lack of it. He is a respected male physician in the patriarchal system, so he has all the power over a relatively powerless narrator. However, details about his motivations. He is a kind, loving husband who only wants the best for his wife, forcing readers to question whether he is truly a villain. In some ways, he seems to be another victim of a system that has put both women and men in a very narrow role. He has more physical freedom than the narrator, but he does not seem to have much mental or emotional freedom. The fact, that how he thinks, feels and acts, is appropriate for his gender and life.

44. Does the narrator of "Yellow Wallpaper" achieve his desired freedom?

Answer: On the one hand, the narrator seems to think that things once limited him: the role of traditional women, meeting expectations, social norms. Leaving worries about maintaining the presence, he breaks the confinement that kept him stuck. He can escape by the only way available: he loses his mind. Yet on the other hand, the storyteller has less freedom at the end of the story than the first. He has reasonably lost the ability to communicate, he is bound by a pattern of behavior (crawling against the wall) that is severely limited and is likely to be established when John finally regains consciousness. For the most part, he has gained a kind of freedom by accepting other sacrifices.

45. How does Gilman use the repetition of the word creep to develop the mood of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: Gilman uses the word creep 20 times in the story or uses a variant (fragile, creepy, and more). Fifteen of these uses are in the final three categories. The word means to hide, to conceal, and to keep oneself secret. By using the word so frequently, Gilman establishes an unforgettable mood - a mystery that he feels around the house with the section where the narrator's identity merges with the fictional woman on the wall. . Furthermore, in its first uses, the narrator describes his outer object as cunning or creepy: "And it's like a woman who crawls with her head bowed behind this pattern." Later, he cries out to himself: "I always lock the door when I'm creeping in daylight." The exterior has become the interior.

46. Which example of situational embarrassment provides the basis for the plot of "Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: The situation becomes ironic when the actual results of the activity are not expected. Some information sets an expectation but somehow the result is completely surprising. In this story, John has some idea about his wife's behavior and what could make her better. He established a strict schedule of eating, resting, and taking various medications. His expectations are confirmed when he sees her in a better spirit. Yet in the end, it was his own “healing” action that caused him mental and emotional frustration the whole time. His prescription has made matters worse, not better than that. It is also ironic that the narrator's own feelings about what he needs to do to be better than the doctor orders from his husband are more accurate.

47. In section 12 of the "Yellow Wallpaper" section, what happens when the narrator tries to remove the bed to reach the wallpaper, and what does this action reveal about his character?

Answer: As all the other furniture is removed from the room, the narrator tries to push the bed to make the hard-reaching parts of the wallpaper better. However, the bed is interchangeable and after trying for quite a while, he gets frustrated. In anger he bites a small piece of bed. This action reveals that the source of the tooth marks he noticed on the bed was the source, which he believed was someone else - such as the children in the house as they made it. His inability to remember or recognize his own actions is proof that his own feelings are being eroded.

48. What is the significance of daylight and moonlight in section 6 of the "Yellow Wallpapers"?

Answer: Daylight is the time when the type of wallpaper "lacks order, denying the law which is constantly annoying to a common mind." This is the time when both the narrator and the woman in the wallpaper are subdued and calm. This is a time when women are not usually stingy and storytellers sleep most of the day. But in the moonlight the woman in the wallpaper becomes more substantial and more active. He shakes the bar. He tries to escape. Being Descriptive and more active he gets up to look at the woman; she got out of bed and she had wallpaper. It reflects the active mind of the narrator and how he is discouraged from using it in reality (daylight hours). "The moon shines all around like the sun," the narrator told the reader as he lost his mind and night and day merged together. Yet this is not exactly true. He is very aware that John is gone during the day and usually stays home in the evening. In fact, the narrator does not cry when her husband is with her and in the evening her appetite is better told "When you are here, it is worse when you are away in the morning!" She has lost her grip on the narrator's reality as she becomes so dependent on the agency and her emotional excitement - on her husband - who dominates her reality.

49. How do the many references to the border across the "Yellow Wallpaper" create the stage for the conclusion of the story in Article 12?

Answer: As the narrator describes the estate and the house, he often mentions its various boundaries - hedges, walls, edges, paths and so on. His personal boundaries in the house are also intact. He sees himself as a person with his own feelings, opinions and skills. He knows two or two things about being creative, author and design. At the end of the story, the narrator is asked the idea about his physical boundaries. He imagines that he can go beyond the wallpaper and he no longer sees the walls as confined but as a defense against the outside. This confusion is reflected in its underlying. After the story, she can’t tell the difference between herself and the fictional woman that believes in wallpaper. He began to confuse himself with the woman: "I pulled and she trembled, I trembled and she pulled and before morning we opened those paper yards." At the conclusion of the story, the narrator could fully believe that she was the woman (or one of the women) stuck behind the wallpaper pattern, talking to herself as if she were inside the wallpaper: "I wonder how they all came out of the wallpaper like I did? ... I think I'll have to go back to the pattern when night falls, and it's tough! "

50. "Yellow Wallpaper," What is the significance of the rope in section 12?

Answer: At the end of the story, the narrator states that he has a "rope here that even Jenny can't find." If he tries to escape, he plans to use the rope to catch and trap the woman in the wallpaper. This is an interesting development because it puts a woman in the role of a prisoner as well as a prison warden. A little later, the reader learns that he used the rope to tie himself to it and to stop going out of it meant: "But now I'm secretly tied to my secret rope - you won't find me there on the street! The warden plays the role of both. The rope shows how her insanity has increased and she has also lost her own sense, but it also shows that women can be part of a system that restricts women in general.

51. How does the narrator feel about the room in the "yellow wallpaper," section 12?

Answer: At the end of the story, the story is completely felt in the house. He feels as if he is a natural part of it and a more natural or comfortable color than yellow is a greenish color outside of it. He believes the house is beautiful and worthy of its protection: "It would be a shame to break down this beautiful door!" He clearly began to believe that he had escaped from the wallpaper to the relative freedom and comfort of the house, noting that "it is a pleasure to be out in this great house" and "here I can crepe smoothly on the floor, and my shoulders simply fit that long smoothie around the wall." Yes, so I can't lose my way. "His world has become smaller. He now basically lives in his own mind and it has become frightening to the outside world.

52. Why does the narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper", Section 12, refer to John as "the young man" and "that person"?

Once the narrator John saw her as his loving husband, suspicion grew as his paranoia grew. She's scared of him. The distance between them grew over time because he kept secrets from her, hid his activities from her, and allowed her to believe that he was only recovering when he was really getting worse. In the end, he no longer feels like his wife. She has lost her anchor in the real world and has completely entered into her sympathy, so she knows him not as her husband, but as a stranger, not John, "that man".

53. In section 12 of "The Yellow Wallpaper", what happens to John and what does it mean about his emotional resilience?

Answer: At the end of the story, John discovers the kitty, uses it to unlock the door, and sees his wife crawling against the wall. He is shocked and shouts, "What's the matter?" When he responds in amazement ("I'm over") and continues to cry, he faints. This indicates that he is unprepared for the possibility that he may be so wrong. Given just as women are supposed to be, ignorance is part of the response to sensitive “feminine” sensitive conflict and not part of the “masculine” stereotype.

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