By doing a close reading of this passage, we will be able to understand the narrator better, and hence, get a better understanding of the story. ... This trait of self-inducing entrapment is continued till the end of the story, where she once again traps herself, this time in the abyss of insanity. ... The words "tired" and "exhaust" were used many times throughout the short passage and she also describes herself as "fretful and querulous", which are all signs of tiredness. ... Being the central image of the whole story, the yellow wallpaper plays a very important role towards the understan...

• Word Count: 1540
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By doing a close reading of this passage, we will be able to understand the narrator better, and hence, get a better understanding of the story. ... This trait of self-inducing entrapment is continued till the end of the story, where she once again traps herself, this time in the abyss of insanity. ... The words "tired" and "exhaust" were used many times throughout the short passage and she also describes herself as "fretful and querulous", which are all signs of tiredness. ... Being the central image of the whole story, the yellow wallpaper plays a very important role towards the understan...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story takes the form of a journal of the main character. ... Gilman has suffered an extreme mental depression as the result of psychiatric treatments, prior to writing this short story. ... Weir Mitchell treated me with what I considered the inevitable result, progressive insanity" (Gilman 102). ... The wall between the reality and the fantastic world slowly becomes transparent; the reader is allowed short glimpses inside the world beyond reality, when the humanoid face in the wallpaper seems to move. As Jane's attention is more and more devoted to the wallpaper's peculiar charac...

• Word Count: 2394
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate