Question

1. From whose point of view is the story told? Why is it necessary for this story to be told from this person's viewpoint? The point of view is from a young woman with depression. It is necessary for the story to be told from her point of view because it’s like her journal where she writes about her obsession with the wallpaper. 2. How reliable is the narrator at the beginning of the story? How much of the story does the reader accept as reality? The narrator is more reliable at the beginning of the story than the end. The reader cannot accept most of the story as reality. It’s less about facts and more about culture.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.A mentally ill young woman, possibly named Jane, who´s suffering from “nervous depression” or most likely postpartum depression.  

This point of view is necessary because the whole narration comes from her journal, which she has been forbidden from writing on, and which she uses as a way to ease her mind. However, that same point of view helps the reader realize that she´s falling deeper into her illness.

2. At first, the narrator seems perfectly reliable, despite her mental condition. However, as her fixation on the yellow wallpaper grows, the reader learns that she´s falling deeper into her illness, becoming less and less reliable. By the end, nothing she writes can be considered as part of reality.