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Lana71 [14]
3 years ago
5

What does the wallpaper symbolize in “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

English
2 answers:
Hitman42 [59]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Clearly, the wallpaper represents the structure of family, medicine, and tradition in which the narrator finds herself trapped. Wallpaper is domestic and humble, and Gilman skillfully uses this nightmarish, hideous paper as a symbol of the domestic life that traps so many women.

Explanation:

Arte-miy333 [17]3 years ago
3 0
Too me, I think that the yellow wallpaper symbolizes family, and tradition within the family (:
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