The
Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Aim:
- In what ways did Gilman portray women as confined beings in a
patriarchal( male dominant) society as depicted in the short story "The
Yellow Wall Paper"?
- How does the "yellow wall paper" symbolize the shackles of their
jailers?
- What is the symbolic meaning of the ending of the story?
Do Now: Describe an experience where you feel confined whether it is a room
or a situation or a social rule, etc.
Procedures:
- According to the narrator, why did they move to the new house?
- How does the description of the yellow wall paper change as the story
develops?
- Which room is the narrator confined to? Describe it.
- What does the statement reveal about the character when she says," ...in
spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't
put me back!"?
- Why does the ending of the signify the change in the narrator when she
had to "creep over him(John)"over every time?
Homework
Assignments:
- HW #13 Recreate the wallpaper based on the descriptions in the story.
- HW# 14Create a point of view writing based on the original story.
Use the Point of View strategy to
respond and analyze the story.
- Who else could tell the story?
---You could choose any character involved in the story including
inanimate objects.
- What kind of story would they tell?
----You could expand an incident or event or retell the story from an
original perspective by adding the contents to fill in the space that exists
in many stories.
- In what form could the story be told?
a. A speech or a sermon
b. A first person narration
c. A diary entry
D. A letter
e. A dialogue
f. Different types of newspaper articles
g. A dream
h. A soliloquy
i. An essay
j. A poem
k. A story
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Who |
What
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Form |
| the narrator |
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| JOHN |
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| Jennie |
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| Wallpaper |
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| Woman from the yellow
wallpaper |
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| Dr. Weir |
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| Neighbor |
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Homework Assignment:
Choose a specific character from the WHO list
and from his/her/its point of view, retell or respond to the story.