About the Author Summary Literary Terms
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Who is the author?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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What is wrong with the main character?
She is mentally ill/unstable
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What is this an example of?
"The curves in the wallpaper commited suicide."
Personification
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What year was The Yellow Wallpaper published?
1892
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What is the name of the narrator's husband?
John
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What is dramatic irony?
When the readers know what's happening before the characters do
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What did the author do that was rare in the 19th century?
She got a divorce
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What was the treatment for the narrator's mental illness?
Isolation, being forbid to do any work of any kind
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What is a simile?
a comparison of 2 unlike things using the works "like" or "as"
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What is similar to the author and the main character in The Yellow Wallpaper?
They were both given the same treatment to cure their mental illness; both were mentally ill after giving birth
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What was the husband's profession?
Physician
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What is this an example of?
"The pattern looks like a broken neck. . . "
Simile
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What famous people were the author related to?
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher
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What was the narrator doing when her husband found her?
Creeping
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What is an example of dramatic irony in The Yellow Wallpaper?
We know the narrator's health is deteriorating, but the husband believes she's getting better






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