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villacar
villacar

What are some literary devices in the story "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

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Posted by villacar on Saturday November 29, 2008 at 8:43 PM and tagged with literary devices, the yellow wallpaper.

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  1. morrol
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    This story uses many literary devices in order to be effective. Firstly, its narrative style is a first person stream on consciousness. This style makes the protagonist seem unbalanced, diluted, and confused.

    The story also contains several symbols. The yellow wallpaper itself symbolizes the psychological state of the narrator. The nursery is also a symbol of society's treatment of women as juveniles. The barred windows symbolize entrapment, or the prison of the room or mind. 

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    Posted by morrol on Monday December 1, 2008 at 10:52 AM