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what effect does the first person point of view in "the yellow wallpaper" most likely have on the reader?

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The author's use of the first person to convey the story allows readers to go along for the ride into madness and cultivates a certain amount of sympathy for the narrator and her plight. The constant use of "I" puts us right in the narrator's head and allows us to empathize with her.

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