An Atmosphere of Uncertainty of Confusion in The Yellow...

By looking at The Yellow Wallpaper, show how the writer achieves an atmosphere of uncertainty and curiosity. The author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman has invented a narrator who is mentally disabled to tell the story. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is talking about a woman who is ill and is slowly suffering in a room because we believe that she may be anorexic so she is put in the room with the yellow wall paper. We learn about her husband John who is a doctor. The woman can not seem to communicate wit her husband about how she feels because he would not believe her anyway. She is stuck in their temporary home and becomes obsessed with the wall paper. The fact is most likely that the narrator is very similar to the author. Charlotte†¦show more content†¦The woman describes the yellow wall paper as a prison. It is so disgusting and not only does it look ugly but there is also the smell aswell. â€Å"There are always new shoots on the fungus, and new shades of yellow all over it. It is the strangest yellow, that wall paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I have ever saw-not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old, foul bad yellow things. But there is something else about that yellow wallpaper-the smell! It creeps all over the house† The wall paper is covering her- she sees herself in the wall paper which is moving. â€Å"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so† The woman can not communicate with him because she thinks that he can not communicate with her. The woman talks about the baby. â€Å"There is one comfort-the baby is happy and well and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wallpaper.† The narrator is foreshadowing the wall paper like it looks like its committing suicide and hints that she is going to committee suicide in the end. â€Å"When you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly committee suicide-plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.† The woman tries to move the bed to the window so she can hang herself in the window but can not to this because it is nailed down. You thinkShow MoreRelatedANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pageschronology of plot may shift backward and forward in time, as for example in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, where the author deliberately sets aside the chronological ordering of events and their cause/effect relationship in order to establish an atmosphere of unreality, build suspense and mystery, and underscore Emily Grierson’s own attempt to deny the passage of time itself. Perhaps the most frequently and conventionally used device of interrupting the flow of a chronologically ordered plot isRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 Pagesimportant because too often resources can be used up on daily operations which may not contribute to longer range organization strategies that require innovative new products. Program versus Project In practice the terms project and program cause confusion. They are often used synonymously. A program is a group of related projects designed to accomplish a common goal over an extended period of time. Each project within a program has a project manager. The major differences lie in scale and time spanRead MoreMarketing Management 14th Edition Test Bank Kotler Test Bank173911 Words   |  696 Pagesorder to deal with risk and uncertainty. Which of the following statements are they most likely to agree with when the environment is uncertain? A) Companies should be prepared to implement ad hoc strategies whenever required. B) Companies should push aggressively for the market share of their competitors. C) Companies should focus less on their core segments, and more on new target markets. D) Companies should not increase marketing budgets in times of uncertainty. E) Companies should focus