Does this coincide with her mental state

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Assignment:

"The yellow wallpaper"

1. Compare and contrast Jennie and the narrator and their feelings about their prescribed societal roles.

2. How does the narrator's feelings towards the wallpaper change throughout the text? Does this coincide with her mental state?

3. This short story is semi-autobiographical for Gilman. How do you think her own experiences with mental illness influenced her writing?

4. Look back at the text to the descriptions of the wallpaper. How does the word choice make you think about the wallpaper? How might aspects of the descriptions be considered foreshadowing?

5. Would you consider the narrator reliable or unreliable? Include examples from the text to support your answer.

6. What might be one of the themes present in the short story?

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