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"The Yellow Wallpaper" content game #1

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  • Who has control of the narrator's life: herself, or John?
    John
  • What profession is John and the narrator's brother
    physician/doctor
  • What is a piazza?
    a patio
  • Is this story written in 1st person or 3rd person?
    1st person
  • What is the husband's name?
    John
  • describe the narrator's room in detail
    bars on the window, yellow torn up wallpaper, a rough looking bed, rings on the walls
  • What does the narrator think would make her better?
    Congenial work and exercise
  • What does untenanted mean?
    Not rented/not occupied
  • What is a bureau?
    chest of drawers/dresser
  • What does John compare a visit from some fun friends to?
    fireworks in his wife's pillowcase
  • Who is taking care of the house and narrator when John is not around?
    John's sister Jennie
  • What does congenial mean?
    Friendly or something you like
  • What was wrong with the woman (narrator)?
    postpartum depression, female hysteria, mental illness
  • What type of figurative language does the author use to describe the images in the wallpaper?
    personification
  • What does the narrator think is the worst thing about the room she is forced to stay in?
    The atrocious yellow wallpaper
  • describe the house that the narrator and her husband are renting
    big, way out in the country, untenanted until they moved in
  • What does the word atrocious mean?
    horrible
  • Does John want his wife (the narrator) to write down her thoughts?
    No, she is not allowed and has to hide her writing
  • What animal does John call the narrator (his wife)?
    a blessed little goose
  • As a child, was the narrator creative with a big imagination or was she realistic and serious?
    creative with a big imagination
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