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 privately 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?
my brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.
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 narrators description of the wallpaper reveal about the context of the story?
the narrator prefers to do her writing work at night.
the narrator wants everyone to study the wallpaper
the narrator thinks that the wallpaper hides a secret room.
the narrator feels imprisoned by her life

Explanation:

En el extracto, la narradora describe cómo la pared se ve en diferentes luces, especialmente de noche, y menciona que la mujer detrás del patrón de la pared está clara. Esto sugiere que siente que hay algo más detrás de la pared, como un secreto. Además, el hecho de que esté encerrada en una habitación con esta pared extraña también puede hacer que se sienta atrapada en su vida. No hay indicios de que quiera estudiar la pared, ni de que prefiera escribir de noche.

Answer:

The narrator thinks that the wallpaper hides a secret room.