Question

early stream of consciousness and feminism in fiction
the yellow wallpaper
by charlotte perkins gilman
it is very seldom that mere ordinary people like john and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.
a colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, i would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity - but that would be asking too much of fate!
still i will proudly declare that there is something queer about it.
else, why should it be let so cheaply? and why have stood so long untenanted?
john laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
john is practical in the extreme. he has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.
john is a physician, and perhaps - (i would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) - perhaps that is one reason i do not get well faster.
you see he does not believe i am sick.
and what can one do?
if a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency - what is one to do?
sometimes i think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over.
then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.
and she is all the time trying to climb through.
which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of gilmans time?
the image of the woman trying to escape suggests that supernatural forces are present in the narrators room.
the fact that the pattern moves contributes to the idea that the narrators husband is tyrannical.
the image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.
the fact that the pattern moves creates a sense of mystery and suspense, since the source of the moving is unknown.

Explanation:

En el género gótico, los elementos sobrenaturales y la sensación de opresión son comunes. La imagen de la mujer tratando de escapar representa la sensación de la narradora de estar atrapada y sin control sobre su destino, lo cual refleja las limitaciones sociales que enfrentaban las mujeres en la época de Gilman. Las fuerzas sobrenaturales no son el enfoque principal en relación con la actitud social, y el movimiento del patrón no está directamente vinculado a la actitud social de forma explícita como la sensación de atrapamiento.

Answer:

The image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.