Question

From whose point of view is the story told? Why is it necessary for this story to be told from this person's viewpoint? How reliable is the narrator at the beginning of the story? How much of the story does the reader accept as reality? What kind of relationship does the couple have? Does the husband's occupation have any effect on how he views his wife and her illness? Describe the setting of the story. What kind of room is the narrator in? What is the narrator's perception of this room? What details of the room help to provide evidence to suggest the type of room in which most of the action occurs? Where does the tone or mood of the story begin to change? Explain this change. How does the narrator's writing change as the

Answer 1

These questions refers to the story "The Yellow Wallpaper."

In this story, we meet a woman who was diagnosed with an illness, and is prescribed absolute rest, including intellectual one. The story is told from the point of view of the woman herself, which allows us to witness the deterioration of her mental state first-hand.

At the beginning of the story, we see that the woman is quite a reliable narrator. However, as she begins to lose her mind, she becomes increasingly unreliable, making it impossible for the reader to know to what extent she should be trusted. Moreover, the woman is unable to escape from this situation due to the fact that her husband is a doctor, and he does not accept her opinions.

Finally, in terms of the room, we see that the narrator is in a room that has an ugly, yellow wallpaper. Besides this, she receives no mental stimulation, which leads her to become obsessed with the wallpaper as well as with the ideas of freedom and captivity.