The following sentence represents the theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper:" Refusing to address an issue is not the same thing as curing it. Explain how this theme matches the text.
Explain how the film depicted the theme from Question 1 for "The Yellow Wallpaper."
If the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper" had been any other color, would the story be any different? Explain your answer.
The following sentence summarizes the relationship between the narrator and John in "The Yellow Wallpaper:" As both husband and physician, John is very paternalistic when it comes to his wife, the narrator, treating her like a child. Find a quote in the text that supports this and explain it.
Explain how the film depicted the relationship between the narrator and John that matches the summary from Question 4.
When the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" first describes the room she's staying in, what does the audience realize? And how does this realization differ from the narrator's?
Based on your answer for Question 6, how was this different in the film?
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," how do the ongoing descriptions of the yellow wallpaper represent the narrator's gradual descent into insanity?
Based on your answer for Question 8, how is this represented in the film?
By the end of "The Yellow Wallpaper," the narrator believes that she is the woman trapped in the wallpaper- and then freed from it. Find textual evidence to support this and explain it.
What is the audience supposed to realize by the end of "The Yellow Wallpaper?"
Consider all of the restrictions the narrator faced in "The Yellow Wallpaper." Which one do you think was the most harmful and why.
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what could John have done differently to hep cure his wife's anxiety/nervousness/mental disorder?
What is the "rest cure?"
How did the author incorporate her personal history into "The Yellow Wallpaper?"
Explain an early form of mental health treatment that we no longer use and why we no longer use it.
Explain an early form of mental health treatment that is still used today. (Or how the treatment has evolved).
What are common forms of mental health treatment today?
Based on some of the symptoms the narrator is experiencing in "The Yellow Wallpaper," what could she have been suffering from? What symptoms led you to this conclusion?
Based on your own common knowledge of good mental health, what self-care options or professional treatments do you think could have benefited the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper?"