LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It has bars on the window.
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It is removed from the main area of the house.
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It is locked.
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It is sunny.
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Detailed explanation-1: -12 Gilman’s story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” has been called gothic because of its focus on madness and its horrifying conclusion. Some critics even chose to compare Gilman’s story to the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, because of its remarkable depiction of the deterioration of the human mind.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The gothic notion of entrapment is increasingly prevalent in The Yellow Wallpaper. The narrator is illustrated as a woman afflicted by the societal attitudes of how she should portray herself and her role as a wife in the household and marriage.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was nursery first and then playroom and gymnasium, I should judge; for the win dows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls.
Detailed explanation-4: -The room with the yellow wallpaper is a jail for the narrator and represents the control that John exerts over her.