🔒The yellow wallpaper symbolizes the narrator's confinement and the social limitations of women.
🌙The moon symbolizes womanhood and connects the narrator to the trapped woman she sees behind bars.
🌺The estate and its boundaries symbolize the narrator's isolation and restricted freedom.
🌍The yellow wallpaper also symbolizes contemporary xenophobia, particularly fears of Asian immigration.
🌳The pattern of the yellow wallpaper represents the narrator's obsession and the struggle for freedom.
What does the yellow wallpaper symbolize?
—The yellow wallpaper symbolizes the narrator's confinement and the social limitations of women.
What does the moon symbolize in the story?
—The moon symbolizes womanhood and connects the narrator to the trapped woman she sees behind bars.
What do the estate and its boundaries symbolize?
—The estate and its boundaries symbolize the narrator's isolation and restricted freedom.
What does the yellow wallpaper represent in terms of xenophobia?
—The yellow wallpaper also symbolizes contemporary xenophobia, particularly fears of Asian immigration.
What does the pattern of the yellow wallpaper represent?
—The pattern of the yellow wallpaper represents the narrator's obsession and the struggle for freedom.
00:11The yellow wallpaper represents the narrator's confinement and the social limitations of women.
00:24The estate and its boundaries symbolize the narrator's isolation and restricted freedom.
00:46The moon symbolizes womanhood and connects the narrator to the trapped woman she sees behind bars.
01:02The yellow wallpaper also symbolizes contemporary xenophobia, particularly fears of Asian immigration.
01:31The pattern of the yellow wallpaper represents the narrator's obsession and the struggle for freedom.
