Humans are shamefully recognized for their inability to embrace differentiating perspectives that counterbalance social normality’s. Societies often portray fallacious opinions that contaminate the malleability of thought, as opinions are spoken of behalf of populations rather than individuals. The oppression of alternative beliefs allows society to be shaped by only individuals with the independence to articulate their opinions. Within this excerpt of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses mechanical conventions to notion that the narrator’s oppressed perspective of reality is the catalyst behind her patriarchal view of women. Gilman uses a unique writing style, grammar and punctuation, and different literary devices to demonstrate
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Gilman repetitively uses question marks to indirectly state the narrator’s failure to support her opinions. The narrator knows that the rest cure is “one reason [she] does not get well faster” but rather than articulating her ideas she wonders “what one is to do” to combat John’s pre-conceived beliefs (113). The excessive use of question marks not only demonstrates the narrator’s lack of confidence, but also gives the story a choppy and discontinuous tone. The narrator even interacts with the audience as an outlet to gain support and acceptance, affectionate qualities she does not receive from her husband, by stating, “You see, he does not believe I am sick” (113). Her overactive imagination forces her to question her surroundings in order to counterbalance her abused imagination. Likewise, Gilman incorporates multiple exclamation marks throughout the passage to portray the influence the narrator’s “extreme” emotions have on her ability to convey emphasis (113). The exclamation marks dictate that the narrator cannot interpret or convey the emotional impact of her thoughts because she cannot justify her own opinions. The continuation of extreme emotion indirectly validates the narrator’s unreliable perspective towards reality and timid assertion of matter. Gilman further interrupts the flow of the story by strategically …show more content…
Gilman’s effective use of writing style, punctuation and grammar and literary devices enables her to express the consequences of male dominance. People are often misunderstood due to society’s fear of the unknown. Gilman is considered an influential feminist because “The Yellow Wallpaper” evokes readers to challenge societal normality’s by perceiving the world in a different
Gilman repetitively uses question marks to indirectly state the narrator’s failure to support her opinions. The narrator knows that the rest cure is “one reason [she] does not get well faster” but rather than articulating her ideas she wonders “what one is to do” to combat John’s pre-conceived beliefs (113). The excessive use of question marks not only demonstrates the narrator’s lack of confidence, but also gives the story a choppy and discontinuous tone. The narrator even interacts with the audience as an outlet to gain support and acceptance, affectionate qualities she does not receive from her husband, by stating, “You see, he does not believe I am sick” (113). Her overactive imagination forces her to question her surroundings in order to counterbalance her abused imagination. Likewise, Gilman incorporates multiple exclamation marks throughout the passage to portray the influence the narrator’s “extreme” emotions have on her ability to convey emphasis (113). The exclamation marks dictate that the narrator cannot interpret or convey the emotional impact of her thoughts because she cannot justify her own opinions. The continuation of extreme emotion indirectly validates the narrator’s unreliable perspective towards reality and timid assertion of matter. Gilman further interrupts the flow of the story by strategically …show more content…
Gilman’s effective use of writing style, punctuation and grammar and literary devices enables her to express the consequences of male dominance. People are often misunderstood due to society’s fear of the unknown. Gilman is considered an influential feminist because “The Yellow Wallpaper” evokes readers to challenge societal normality’s by perceiving the world in a different