Problem: Please help me with these discussion questions in the reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" by charlotte Perkins Gilman
1. The story takes place in a house, and almost entirely within one room of that house. What is significant about the setting?
2. How does the narrator's description of what she sees outside the window reflect her inner state?
3. The narrator both accepts her husband's control over her and disobeys him by secretly continuing to write. What effect does writing have on her? Is her husband correct in his judgment that writing will hinder her recovery?
4. What evidence does the story provide to explain the narrator's present state?
5. Symbolism plays a prominent role in this poem. What does the wallpaper symbolize? What does the window symbolize? Do you see any other symbols?