Early Stream of Consciousness and Feminism in Fiction
Question 2 • GA-Literature and Composition III A
Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candle light, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be.What does the narrator’s description of the wallpaper reveal about the context of the story?
Answer
A
The narrator feels imprisoned by her life.
B
The narrator wants everyone to study the wallpaper.
C
The narrator thinks that the wallpaper hides a secret room.
D
The narrator prefers to do her writing work at night.
Explanation
The narrator sees the wallpaper’s pattern as bars with a woman trapped behind them. This image suggests that the narrator feels confined and imprisoned by her own life, which is the idea in choice A. The passage does not say she wants others to study the wallpaper, that it hides a secret room, or that she prefers writing at night.
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