Question

In which of the following excerpts from "The Yellow Wall Paper" does author Charlotte Perkins Gilman seem to mock the romantic belief in the supernatural?
A) A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!
B) There is a delicious garden! I never saw such a garden—large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them.
C) The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.
D) Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it!

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer for the question: In which of the following excerpts from "The Yellow Wallpaper" does author Charlotte Perkins Gilman seem to mock the romantic belief in the supernatural, would be, excerpt A: A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity- but that would be asking too much of fate!

Explanation:

In Romanticism, one of the main characteristics was the admiration of the supernatural, and even sometimes the magical worlds. However, when Realism and Naturalism arrived, all these notions about the supernatural, and the admiration for it changed entirely. In this work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and which was published in 1892, the author herself turns the idea of the supernatural into something of a joke, especially in excerpt A, when she says: "I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity-but that would be asking too much of fate!". With this statement, what the author is saying is that the house did not even merit much admiration, and what to romantics would have seem as mysticism, to her it was plainly, and basically, a ghost story, if that.

Answer 2

The correct answer among all the other choices is A) A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate! Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.