Characters
What is the name of the main character?
She is never given a name
A reference to something well known in literature
Allusion
The color yellow symbolizes
death and decay
How many rooms does the estate have
we are never told
Name 3 things prescribed to the narrator to help treat her illness
tonics, air, sunshine, phosphates, cod liver oil
What is the name of the man who insists the narrator is not sick
John
Using the 5 senses to paint a picture for the reader
Imagery
The peeling paper symbolizes
the constraints that society has put on the narrator and women
What floor is the nursery on
top floor
What is the narrator diagnosed with
temporary nervous depression with slight hysterical tendencies
The name of the housekeeper
Jennie
in a thorough and responsible way
The nursery symbolizes
The idea of trying to get the narrator to bond with the concept of being a mother
how many months do they stay at the house
3
what started the character's illness
the birth of her child
The nanny's name is...
Mary
crazy
The changing of the season/weather from summer to fall
Symbolizes change and or death of something
1
What does the narrator actually have
postpartum depression with psychosis
The baby's name
Jane
creeping is a...
verb
The mentioning of the yellow smell symbolizes..
That the decay is spreading throughout the house.
Why does john take her to this house
as a way to treat her and because their house is under construction as the narrator more than likely did something to it
Explain what the rest cure is and who created it
weir mitchell created it. It consisted of women being isolated for 6-8 weeks, bed rest, high calorie diet, and electrotherapy