LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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That it is necessary to contain mad women
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That it is an artificial patriarchal tool
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That men also are mad
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That female madness is a serious obstacle to women’s liberation
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Detailed explanation-1: -The woman, in an attempt to escape her confinement, may flee into madness. This use of madness appears to transform the negative construct of female insanity into a necessary affirmation of the female self, breaking the shackles of isolation and oppression that enslaved her.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The Yellow Wallpaper” is the story of a woman who, while under patriarchal control, constructs and instills a meaning upon the environment around her, which allows her to subvert partially that control. Marriage and family have robbed the narrator of self-determination.
Detailed explanation-3: -While John represented characteristics of a typical male of his time, the yellow wallpaper represented a controlling patriarchal society; a sin of inequality that a righteous traitor needed to challenge and win. As the wallpaper deteriorates, so does the suppressing effect that male hierarchy imposed on women.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Subordination of Women in Marriage In “The Yellow Wallpaper, ” Gilman uses the conventions of the psychological horror tale to critique the position of women within the institution of marriage, especially as practiced by the “respectable” classes of her time.