Identify various literary devices (such as characterization, setting, and/or symbolism) from the Yellow Wallpaper.

“And why have stood so long untenanted?” in the Yellow Wallpaper.
August 3, 2019
In Gilman’s “The Yelllow Wallpaper,” what attitude does this story seem to convey about men, especially with John as an example?
August 3, 2019

Identify various literary devices (such as characterization, setting, and/or symbolism) from the Yellow Wallpaper.

Question Description

Introduction
Alignment
For this assignment, you will complete a major revision of the Gilman essay you wrote for workshop 3.
Upon successful completion of this assignment you will be able to:

  • Identify various literary devices (such as characterization, setting, and/or symbolism)
  • Explain how literary devices are used to communicate truths about humankind (and perhaps about God) in a work of fiction.
  • Construct an organized, coherent, specifically supported literary analysis.
  • Analyze the message of a literary text using specific biblical principles.

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