Brummett 1
Group Focus Questions
1. Identify when the narrator first describes the yellow wallpaper. What
connotations do the words she uses have, and how do these words reveal her
attitude towards the wallpaper?
2. Establishing and maintaining one's identity is a common theme in literature
from this time period. How does the narrator seek to maintain her identity? To
what extent is she successful? Identify evidence from the text to support your
answer.
3. Towards the end of the story, the narrator mentions creeping women. Who
might they represent? What connection does she have to them? Identify
evidence to support your answer.
4. Themes regarding overcoming societal challenges were common during this
literary period. What challenge does the narrator overcome? Find evidence of
this at the end of the story.
5. The narrator has a strange relationship with her “home” in this story. How
does the narrator’s temporary home begin to feel more like a prison? Identify
textual evidence to support your answer.