Question

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's choice of narrator and story structure creates mystery in the story. Explain how the narrator and structure result in mystery and eventually surprise in the text. Be sure to provide an introduction paragraph that lays out your argument, body paragraphs that develop your thesis, and a conclusion paragraph that wraps up your argument.

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Answer 1

The usage of unreliable narrator and jumped pacing result in a mystery. As it is revealed in the beginning that the narrator is unreliable, possibly from a mental disorder, and begins to talk about the wallpaper. The thorough descriprions of the wallpaper mostly through diary entries bring mystery into the story as readers await to see what the truth about the yellow wallpaper.

Answer 2

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the author employs an unreliable narrator. We learn that her husband is a doctor, and he believes her to be sick, a diagnosis with which she does not agree. Since we know that she is meant to be sick, we tend to doubt whether the things she says are accurate representations of reality or not. By providing an unreliable narrator, the author increases the mystery that surrounds the story. Moreover, it makes it very difficult for us to make predictions, which leads us to be very surprised with the outcome of the story.