The Yellow Wallpaper 1 Ward

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"The Yellow Wallpaper" deals with the themes of: Patriarchy and the subjugation of women, the struggle for women's rights, the stigma of mental illness, all of the above.

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all of the above

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Why is this story ironic?

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Actions are having the effects opposite of the intended effects.

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What is the relationship like between John and the narrator?

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The narrator resents John's control over her, but she remains silent.

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What actions of the narrator show that her mental state is beginning to deteriorate?

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Her focus on finding a purpose to the pattern in the wallpaper.

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The narrator faces the challenge of...

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Being listened to by the people around her

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Which of these is an example of irony in the story?

• The narrator believes the wallpaper is making her better but it is not.
• John is the only person in the house who realizes the wallpaper is dangerous.
• The narrator catches Jennie staring at the wallpaper instead of cleaning.
• The baby exhibits extreme self-control at the moment it is born.

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The narrator believes the wallpaper is making her better but it is not.

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How does the author organize the short story?

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Ending with the narrator’s creeping over her husband’s body to create a tone of eeriness

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How would you describe the narrator's attitude towards her husband? Options: Caring, Jealous, Defiant, Submissive

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Defiant

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The narrator’s mental illness is most clearly demonstrated in which of the following quotes

• I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.
• It is the strangest yellow, that wallpaper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw—not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.
• John knows I don’t sleep very well at night, for all I’m so quiet! He asked me all sorts of questions, too, and pretended to be very loving and kind. As if I couldn’t see through him!
• I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did? I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!

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I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did? I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!

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The speaker's husband is best described as

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controlling and practical