Question

In this excerpt from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which sentence implies that the narrator is unreliable?

Answer 1

Answer: 4.) ---But in the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so—I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design.---

The speaker in this excerpt is a woman trapped in a room by her family, who believe her to be sick and want her to rest in order to get better. With no mental stimulation other than the wallpaper, she begins to lose her sanity. In option 4, she describes how, in some areas of the wallpaper, she is able to see a strange, formless figure, that seems to skulk about. As this is likely to be her own imagination, we can see that the narrator is not reliable.

Answer 2

The answer would be Choice 4.