The Yellow Wallpaper Group

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pozniak6
pozniak6
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High School - 9th Grade

the symbolism of the "nursery" in the story the yellow wallpaper

 

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Posted by pozniak6 on Monday September 7, 2009 at 7:29 PM and tagged with john and his wife, the yellow wallpaper.

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  1. kride09
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    Community / Jr. College

    The Narator of the story is suffering from post-pardom depression. Her husband thought it would be a good idea for her to not see her baby while she was still ill. So instead of seeing the room as a prison which it is. She sees it in the eyes of the thigs she misses she immagines (becuse she is a writer and often makes things better than they seem) that the room is a nusery, the wall paper is torn becuase of children ripping it, bites on the bed from children playing, rings on the wall and bars on the windows because it was a playroom and gym. But in all actuality it is a like a prison, where they were chained to the bed.. there were tears becuase that was as far as you could reach while tied down, and the rings on the wall to be chained, bars on the windows to keep the person from escaping, and the gated stairs just incase they got out of the room. it was a prison that she couldn't see because her immaginative mind kept her from looking into actuality she was to intrested into writing and missing her child.. so she say it as a nusery.

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    Posted by kride09 on Friday September 18, 2009 at 10:30 AM