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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

English class 08-06

The Yellow wallpaper

Senne Stan Lianne Tijmen

how many pages does 'The Yellow Wallpaper' have?

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today:

short summary

who is the author?

message behind the book

language use

the basics (?)

your homework

CITO-questions

short summary

- diagnosis

- prescription

- the former nursery

- July 4th

- paranoid

- hallucinating

- peeling

Which name does the narrator suddenly mention at the end of the story?

1. Jennie
2. Jane
3. Mary
4. Mark

Charlotte Perkins Gilman​

juli 1860 – august 1935

Her dad left at a young age​​​

married (1884)

first daughter (1885)

diagnosed with 'nervous exhoustion'(1887)

rest cure ⇨ worsened symptoms

broke up with her husband​ (1888)

first book (1888)

American feminist​​

publication The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)

Diagnosed with breastcancer​ (1932)

Killed herself with overdose cloroform (1935)

what subjects could be the hidden meanig
behind the yellow wallpaper?

message behind the book

- women

- "This is to be expected in marriage"

- the yellow wallpaper

- society and patriarchy

- trapped

Language use

in the yellow wallpaper

metaphores

Woman in the wallpaper

Peeling wallpaper off

Imagery

Dull, repellent

''If u follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they commit suicide - plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions''

Simile

"It is always the same page, only very numerous. And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about a hidden pattern."

Personification

''The front pattern DOES move - and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! 

Repetition 

Alliteration

''Haunted house"

''sickly sulphur''

the study questions

problems?

everything clear?

alright lets test it

Why is writing so important to the narrator?

What would make the narrator feel better according to her?

Why does the narrator spend so much time thinking about the wallpaper?

Why does the narrator refer to herself and Jane as 2 different people?

BONUS. What slightly spoils the ghostly feeling of the house for the narrator? (within first 4 pages)

1. The horrid looking Wallpaper
2. Her husband
3. Legal trouble
4. The garden

fundamental information

How many characters are in the story?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

Characters

Protagonist - narrator 

John

The woman in the wallpaper

Jennie 

Plot

Woman

mental illness

husband

decoding

trapped

tears off

freedom

What is the setting of the story?

A rented mansion

an English garden

a psychiatric hospital

a nursery

Setting

late 19th century

rented mansion

the room

Mood

anxious yet optimistic

hopefull

mood becomes darker

euphoric

What are the themes of the story?

Themes

mental illness and its treatments

gender roles and domestic life

outward appearence

self expression

power imbalance

CITO-questions

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what does the yellow wallpaper symbolize?

1. Freedom and liberation
2. Oppression and confinement
3. halusination and depression
4. Peace and tranquility

Why did the Author of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' write the book?

1. to raise attention for the differences man and woman have in society
2. to express her feelings about 'rest cure'
3. to explain why she broke up with her husband
4. so she could earn money by selling the book

why chose the author to write the story like a diary?
To create.......

1. intimacy & authenticy
2. guilt & shame
3. fear & depression
4. joy & love

Arrange the following events from "The Yellow Wallpaper" in chronological order:

1 The narrator starts obsessing over the pattern of the yellow wallpaper.
2 The narrator's husband, John, forbids her from writing in her journal.
3 The narrator believes there is a woman trapped behind the wallpaper
4 The narrator begins to secretly write in her journal.
5 The narrator tears off the wallpaper and declares her freedom.

1. 4-1-3-2-5
2. 5-3-2-4-1
3. 1-3-5-2-4
4. 4-3-1-2-5

How does the narrator's mental state evolve throughout "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

1. She starts out mentally stable and becomes progressively more unstable.
2. She starts out mentally unstable and becomes progressively more stable.
3. Her mental state remains consistent throughout the story.
4. Her mental state is not described in the story.

the end

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