The reader does not fully understand character.ħ. Look at the different ways in which tension is created for instance:Ħ. Address the matter that the narrator is unreliable: find examples. Consider where the narrator becomes more anxious with no sense of her earlier actions. How are the tones of the two narrators different? What is the social significance of her being an obedient and respectful wife who believes John is…so wise’, She wife recognises that her husband ‘does not believe I am sick’ and that he ‘does not know how much I really suffer.’ In what ways is she suffering? Who is the other woman?ĥ. There is a change of narrator from the incarcerated wife to the person from inside the wallpaper. ‘John says I mustn’t lose strength’ and how do you respond to her apparent helplessness and her ‘unreasonable’ anger? Consider his final words, which are an instruction albeit couched in endearing terms: ‘Open the door, my darling!’Ĥ. How does the narrator relate to her husband differently from how a twenty first century reader might, to such a man? For instance, how do you feel about:

He calls her his ‘blessed goose’ and he asks, ‘Can you not trust me as a physician?’ He gives instructions such as to ‘lie down for an hour after meals.’ How do you respond to these points?Ģ. The narrator states that ‘he is very careful and loving’, he does laugh at her and he cautions her not to give way to fancy’. What impression does the reader gather? For instance: Find and note down the detail which we are given about him. Directed Questions to enhance textual knowledge and quality of response.ġ.

The yellow wallpaper literary analysis