charlotte perkins gilman
Questions
1. Who was Charlotte Perkins Gilman? – Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author, feminist, lecturer and a social reformer.
2. Which of her writings is considered her most famous work? – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Relations
3. What year was "The Yellow Wallpaper" written? – 1892
4. What years did Gilman's writing career span? – Gilmans writing career spanned from 1891 to 1935
5. What do most critics suggest "The Yellow Wallpaper" is about? – About the issues of marriage, divorce, patriarchal oppression of and medical treatment of women in the 19th century.
6. What does the title mean? – The title “The Yellow Wallpaper” means that that it is what the yellow wallpaper in the summer rental house where she was locked up in the top room where it seemed like the wallpaper was beckoning to her and finally at the end she only felt safe in the wallpaper.
7. What type of environment is the narrator in? – The environment that the narrator is in is a harsh and unsuitable, moving from place to place sometimes with a lot of relatives.
8. How does the narrator's writing change as the story evolves? – The narrators writing changes dramatically throughout the story due to the fact that Gilman goes through such hard obstacles in her life.
9. What is the outcome of the story for the narrator? – The outcome of the story for the narrator is that she manages to lock the woman in the room.
10. How does the story relate to issues of the time period in which it was written? – Gilmans work reflects on the time period because she represents all the problems that are around her in her daily life in her writings, such as the depression wives went through.
1. What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?
A. A nursery
B. A living room
C. A bathroom
D. A family room
2. What does the woman do at night within the wallpaper?
A. She cries
B. She sleeps
C. She shakes at the bars
D. She sits
1. Who was Charlotte Perkins Gilman? – Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author, feminist, lecturer and a social reformer.
2. Which of her writings is considered her most famous work? – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Relations
3. What year was "The Yellow Wallpaper" written? – 1892
4. What years did Gilman's writing career span? – Gilmans writing career spanned from 1891 to 1935
5. What do most critics suggest "The Yellow Wallpaper" is about? – About the issues of marriage, divorce, patriarchal oppression of and medical treatment of women in the 19th century.
6. What does the title mean? – The title “The Yellow Wallpaper” means that that it is what the yellow wallpaper in the summer rental house where she was locked up in the top room where it seemed like the wallpaper was beckoning to her and finally at the end she only felt safe in the wallpaper.
7. What type of environment is the narrator in? – The environment that the narrator is in is a harsh and unsuitable, moving from place to place sometimes with a lot of relatives.
8. How does the narrator's writing change as the story evolves? – The narrators writing changes dramatically throughout the story due to the fact that Gilman goes through such hard obstacles in her life.
9. What is the outcome of the story for the narrator? – The outcome of the story for the narrator is that she manages to lock the woman in the room.
10. How does the story relate to issues of the time period in which it was written? – Gilmans work reflects on the time period because she represents all the problems that are around her in her daily life in her writings, such as the depression wives went through.
1. What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?
A. A nursery
B. A living room
C. A bathroom
D. A family room
2. What does the woman do at night within the wallpaper?
A. She cries
B. She sleeps
C. She shakes at the bars
D. She sits