1) Click on the picture to read the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Try to take notes on anything that you think is important to the narrator's eventual or uneventual "madness". Take notes on the point where you believe the character is beginning to descend into madness.
2) Click Hereto find out more about Gilman's life. Question to think about: Why do you think Perkins wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
3) Gilman uses many literary devices in her short story. To better understand what she is trying to say, you are going to have to know some literary terms. Here is a dictionary of literary terms. After reviewing the literary terms try to think of some devices that Gilman uses in her story.
Write them down and an example of it from the story.
Write them down and an example of it from the story.
I know that you're tired after your first day of investigation, but you have one more task to complete. Answer the follow questions and hand them in to me after you finish task one. Keep a copy for yourself. Submit your questions through Juno. See calendar on Jupiter for dates.
1) The narrator says, paragraph 5, "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage." What does this tell the reader about her marriage? What does it tell you about how she perceives herself? What does it tell you about how she perceives her role as John's wife?
2) How does the style of the story reflect the narrator's mental condition (i.e., the short paragraphs, the repetition, etc.)?
3) Why does Gilman choose to use the first person point of view?
1) The narrator says, paragraph 5, "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage." What does this tell the reader about her marriage? What does it tell you about how she perceives herself? What does it tell you about how she perceives her role as John's wife?
2) How does the style of the story reflect the narrator's mental condition (i.e., the short paragraphs, the repetition, etc.)?
3) Why does Gilman choose to use the first person point of view?