How does the narrator's relationship with her husband evolve/change? Does her mental state improve or worsen?.What is the role of women in the text? How are mothers represented? What about single/independent women? What is important about women-in the historical context?.What is the central/primary purpose of The Yellow Wallpaper? Is the purpose important or meaningful?.Does The Yellow Wallpaper end the way you expected? Did you expect a longer (or more involved narrative)? How? Why?.What are some themes in The Yellow Wallpaper? Symbols? How do they relate to the plot and characters?.Do you care about the characters? Do you like (or dislike) them? How real (or well-developed) do they seem to you?.

How does Charlotte Perkins Gilman reveal character in The Yellow Wallpaper?.What are the conflicts in The Yellow Wallpaper? What types of conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional) did you notice? Is the conflict resolved?.Why do you think Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper? Historically, the story was based on personal experience (autobiographical)-how effectively does Gilman employ the events of her life to create this work of literature?.Why does the narrator say: 'what can one do?'? How does that statement represent her state of mind?.Why does Charlotte Perkins Gilman change the point of view? Is it an effective technique?.Could the story have taken place in a different place (or at a different time)? Why does the narrator live in a 'colonial mansion'? What does the setting mean? Is it important?.How does the narrator's description of the wallpaper change over time? How is the wallpaper representative of the domestic sphere?.Could the wallpaper have been any other color? How would a change in color have changed the story? How does the color 'yellow' affect you? Do you like (or dislike) it? What are the psychological implications of the color 'yellow'? How would a different color change the story?.What is important about the title, The Yellow Wallpaper?.

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