The Yellow Wallpaper
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The Yellow Wallpaper
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Plot Summary
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Second Entry
Third Entry
Fourth Entry
Fifth Entry
Sixth Entry
Seventh Entry
Eighth Entry
Ninth Entry
Tenth Entry
Eleventh Entry
Twelfth Entry
Themes
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Mental Illness and its Treatment
Gender Roles and Domestic Life
Outward Appearance vs. Inner Life
Self-Expression, Miscommunication, and Misunderstanding
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
The Narrator
John
Symbols
All Symbols
The Wallpaper
The Diary
The Mysterious Figure
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Motifs
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony
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Why is the narrator's daughter cared for by the family's nanny, Mary?
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Because Mary is secretly her real mother
Because the narrator is afraid of her daughter
Because the narrator feels too nervous to be with her daughter
Because John thinks Mary is a more suitable caretaker
What does John's response to the narrator's concern about the wallpaper reveal about their relationship?
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It shows mutual respect and understanding
It indicates a lack of communication skills
It demonstrates John's practicality and financial prudence
It reveals John's condescending attitude towards his wife
What begins to emerge in the story as the narrator describes thinking she can sometimes see people walking along the lane from her window?
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The narrator's creative and inventive spirit
The narrator's tendency to endow inanimate things with an inner life
The narrator's unexplained fear of the outdoors and unconfined spaces
The narrator's subtle ability to agitate John by purposefully worrying him
How does the narrator perceive the wallpaper as her condition worsens?
4 of 6
She begins to find it calming and therapeutic
She sees it as a source of inspiration for her writing
She believes it has a vicious influence and sees expressions in it
She decides it's not as bad as she initially thought
As the story progresses and the narrator continues to describe the room, what do the new details suggest?
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That the room was well-maintained and cherished by previous occupants
That the room may have been something more sinister than a nursery
That the narrator is growing fond of the room's quirks and character
That the room is being prepared for another baby
What does the narrator begin to see in the wallpaper?
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A mysterious figure moving through the patterns
A baby crawling through the painted vines
Her own face lurking in the intricate pattern near the edge
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