Answers IC English 11 - DeeringDramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry

Dramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry Answers

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What conclusion can you draw about the author’s use of stream of consciousness?

It draws the reader into the experience of sliding into madness.

It emphasizes that Gilman does not understand the narrator’s struggles.

It reflects the social attitude toward women at the time.

What effect does the unreliable narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” have on the reader?

The reader doesn’t believe anything that the narrator says.

The reader realizes that the narrator isn’t receiving the medical attention she needs.

The reader sympathizes with the narrator’s husband.

The reader thinks that the narrator is being irresponsible toward her child.

How does this effect support the narrator’s viewpoint?

It supports the viewpoint that the narrator’s problem is all in her head.

It supports the viewpoint that “rest cures” could be ineffective and even dangerous.

It supports the viewpoint that women cannot care for themselves.

It supports the viewpoint that strange surroundings can cause madness.

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