Question

I wonder how it was done and who did it, and what they did it for. Round and round and round—round and round and round—it makes me dizzy! I really have discovered something at last. Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out. The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over. Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard. And she is all the time trying to climb through. Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time?

Answer 1

The image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.

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Answer 2

The answer is : "Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over."

Step-by-step explanation:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American novelist, feminist and sociologist. She was the author of ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ an example of Gothic literature which is a genre that emerged as one of the earliest forms of Dark Romanticism, is characterized by expressions of terror, gruesome narratives, supernatural elements, and dark, picturesque scenery.