Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Short Story

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When it comes to how my reading of Gilman’s story has been modified, it has completely changed the way I see the entire situation based on the article. Some things mentioned such as the section “Ghosts and Mal Murders” make me do see how the story could be viewed in such a light. However, I can also see how their incompetence could affect how they get the accurate meaning of the work. Another thing that has affected my reading is the section “Textual Variants”; I completely understand how something as simple as a dash could inflict the reader to interpret the words a different way. When reading anything the simplest things such as a comma could affect how the reader reads it which in turn can affect hoe they view the meaning. On another note,

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