Saturday 31 January 2009

What do you think are some of the symbols used in "The Yellow Wallpaper"? Explain your answer.

I think
that one of the most powerful symbols in the story is the window that is in the narrator's room.
 The windows that "look all ways, and air and sunshine galore" are fundamentally
different from the imprisoned condition that the narrator perceives.  The window is a symbol of
what can be, the freedom and the agency that might await her.  The window is symbolic of what
the narrator believes will help her in terms of walking, getting out of the house, and being
able to be the agent of her own actions.

I think the contrasting symbol to
this would have to be the wallpaper itself.  The description that the narrator...


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