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| Why are they living in this Colonial Mansion? |
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| What is the history of the Colonial Mansion? |
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| Does the heroine feel comfortable in the house? |
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| Why did John bring her to this house? |
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| Why does the narrator say his profession is "perhaps . . . one reason I do not get well faster? |
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| Who else supports John's diagnosis? |
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| What clue does the narrator's repeated sad cry, "what can one do?" give us about her personality? |
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| What conflicting emotions is she having toward her husband? |
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| What conflicting emotions is she having toward her condition? |
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| What conflicting emotions is she having toward the mansion? |
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| What's the narrator's initial reaction and description of the wallpaper? |
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| How does her description of the wallpaper change later in the story? |
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| What's Jennie's function? |
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| By the Fourth of July, what does the narrator admit about the wallpaper? |
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| What clues does Gilman give about the narrator's state? |
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How does the narrator try to reach out to her husband?
Is this her last contact with sanity? |
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| Do you think John has no comprehension of the seriousness of her illness? |
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| Why change the point of view from 1st person to 2nd person? |
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| By the final section of the story, what is the narrator's relationship to her husband? |
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| By the final section of the story, what is the narrator's relationship to Jennie? |
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| By the final section of the story, what is the narrator's relationship to the wallpaper? |
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| What is the central irony of the story? |
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| Does John lock her away because he can't deal with her illness, or because he loves her? |
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| What is the author's purpose in writing this short story? |
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| How does the narrator's tone change in the story? |
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| What are some of the themes of the short story? |
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Does the author use symbolism in the story?
List some examples and what they are symbolic of. |
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What are some examples of figurative language in the story?
alliteration?
hyperbole?
simile?
metaphor?
personification? |
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| What are some examples of irony from the story? |
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| The state of being happy. |
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| Agreeable;pleasing in nature or character. |
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| Something that incites to action |
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| Complacent stupidity; foolishness |
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| Abundance, in plentiful amounts |
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| Insolence, unmannerly intrusion. |
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| Steady persistence. Purpose. |
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| Rising and falling or side to side movement. |
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| Incapable of being accounted for or explained. |
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