https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr en-us 2022-02-03 15:08:39 UTC 2025-04-24 10:54:42 UTC hello@padlet.com en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2027773795 The overall meaning of the text is that women feel trapped by the constraints of society. For example, at the end of the story, the author declares ""I've got out at last," said I, "in spite of you and Jane."' (264). Throughout the story, the reader can see the narrator is being held inside a room and convinced that she should not leave. The author is highlighting the idea that society manipulates women and does not take their issues seriously. ]]> 2022-02-03 15:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2027773795 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029602330 The setting has a profound impact on the mental state of the main character. The enclosed setting, specifically the presence of the yellow wallpaper, slowly drives the narrator insane. She begins to believe the wallpaper has supernatural characteristics, stating "The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!" (188). The reader can  see that using isolation as a treatment for the woman is not helping her condition. The setting also makes the reader doubt the reliability of the reader.]]> 2022-02-04 15:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029602330 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029616631 The narrator's tone towards the yellow wallpaper shifts from and tone of disgust to a tone of bewilderment and obsession. At the beginning of the story, the narrator declares "I never saw a worse paper in my life" (33). However, near the end of the story, she believes "no person touches this paper but me—not ALIVE!" (226). At the beginning, the narrator vividly describes the ugly color and design of the wallpaper which contributes to her tone of disgust. As the story progresses, though, the narrator "notices" a woman walking in the wallpaper and the wallpaper shifting throughout the day, which results in her tone of bewilderment and obsession.]]> 2022-02-04 15:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029616631 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029630776 The narrator's first-person point of view can only be trusted to a small extent. For example, when examining the wallpaper, the narrator believes that the woman in it "gets out in the daytime!" and thinks that "I've seen her!" (194-195). From this statement and other events that she believes she has seen in the wallpaper, her reliability is discredited. As her reliability diminishes over the course of the story, the reader can clearly see how her isolation in the room is slowly driving her insane.]]> 2022-02-04 15:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029630776 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029645802 The main symbol in the story is the yellow wallpaper, which represents women's treatment by society during this time. At the end of the story, the narrator declares that "I've got out at last" and that "I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!"  (264). The narrator's "escape from the wallpaper" symbolizes an escape from the isolation that her husband has put her in. As the story progresses, the author seems to feel trapped by the wallpaper, furthering the idea that society's treatment of women during this time made  women feel trapped.]]> 2022-02-04 15:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029645802 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029668369 Imagery in the story allows the reader to be immersed in the narrator's mental state. The narrator uses imagery to describe the wallpaper when she describes it as "a smouldering unclean yellow" (36) and with a "very gentle, but quite the subtlest, most enduring odor" (180). From this imagery, the reader can immediately feel the narrator's distaste for the wallpaper. Near the end of the story, the narrator sees the pattern as something that "strangles [people] off and turns them upside down" and when she tears the paper, "It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it" (241). With this vivid imagery, the reader can see the deteriorating mental state of the reader, as well as her immense desire for escape from the wallpaper.]]> 2022-02-04 15:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029668369 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029900690 2022-02-04 17:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029900690 en43168 https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029901254 2022-02-04 17:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/en43168/1lzkmc4rdey0forr/wish/2029901254