by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I wish I could get well faster.
But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!
There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down.
I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere. There is one place where two breadths didn’t match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other.
I never saw so much expression in an inanimate thing before, and we all know how much expression they have! I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.
I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
What effect does the first-person perspective used in this passage have on the reader?
(1 point)
Responses
It reveals to the reader how the narrator truly feels about her illness and confinement.
It reveals to the reader how the narrator truly feels about her illness and confinement.
It shows the reader how annoyed the main character has become with the wallpaper.
It shows the reader how annoyed the main character has become with the wallpaper.
It helps the reader understand the main character better by revealing her past.
It helps the reader understand the main character better by revealing her past.
It gives them a clear and detailed description of the setting by appealing to the senses.
1 answer
The correct response is:
It reveals to the reader how the narrator truly feels about her illness and confinement.
This first-person perspective allows readers to deeply understand the narrator's emotional state, her frustrations, and her deteriorating mental condition due to her confinement and the oppressive environment symbolized by the wallpaper.
