The Yellow Wallpaper Foreshadowing Analysis

The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was every critical about the house, the grounds, and her room. As the narrator arrives to the house she says the house is “The most beautiful place!” she lets the reader understands that she likes it (Gilman 364). The ground is also a pleasant view to her. As she is outside she see a garden and describes it as “a delicious garden!”, she seemed happy with the garden also (364). The narrator hates the room; she writes “I didn’t like our room a bit” she wants one downs stair to look at the garden but John does not want her to be in a bottom downstairs (365). It is as if John ruins the aspect of the house. John has her in an upstairs room locked like if she is a princess. The
As the town starts their day on June 27th the men gather and “They stood together, away from the pile of stones” (539). The men stand away from the stones as if they were scared to be too near the stones. The stones probably bring negative memories to them. There is also a man called Mr. Graves who helps Mr. Summers by “carrying a three-legged stool” (540). When the reader hears the world “graves” the first thing that come to mind is death because that is where dead people are placed. Mr. Graves is helping with the placing of the box where people’s names are being draw that gives a big clue that death is around the box. When it is revealed that Bill Hutchinson’s name has come up Mrs. Hutchinson goes mad and starts claiming that Mr. Summer “didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted” (542). When you hear the word lottery and if you name is brought up you expect to win something but by the way Mrs. Hutchinson is reacting lets the reader that it is not a good thing that the name is drawn. This is the lottery a person does not want to be in almost like playing Russian