The entire story is told from the mind of the disturbed wife, the narrator. ... It dwells in the mind so!" ... As the narrator's mind continues to wander uncontrollably, she leads us to this next quote, which moves us further into her disturbed mind. ... It also shows subconscious signs of resentment towards her role as a wife. ... I am sympathetic to the woman (disturbed wife) in this story because she is definitely a prisoner, struggling within her own mind, and reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" through her mind clearly enhances our insight and interpretation of the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Something abstract that looms about her mind. ... Garner clearly shows her sense of consideration for her state of mind. ... Whether intentional or subconscious, Garner places a keyhole on the head of the mannequin. ... This keyhole is not for locking Garner out of her mind. ... The lock keeps Garner from freeing her mind of this recession and keeps her struggling on alone. ...

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The Id, the irrational, emotional, and unconscious part of one's mind, is obviously represented by Jack. ... Freud's main idea of the Id was the seeking of pleasure; it is the primitive mind. ... Lastly, the face-painted masks that Jack and the others wear symbolically remove any personality or emotion from the boys, placing them in a subconscious state as they lose all sight of themselves; with the masks, by definition, they become the Id. ... Freud's theory says that the Ego is the rational component of the mind. ... This serves as the moral part of the mind. ...

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There are certain ways our mind interprets things we encounter in the world. Our mind can fundamentally follow one of two approaches: bottom-up or top down processing. ... Our mind has the ability to distinguish the two and, based on the object, apply the correct process. ... Because we have past knowledge in our minds, we know that a bird is a small creature with feathers that can fly. ... I wonder how these processes transfer over into the subconscious dream world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School