English Language Paper 1: The Yellow Wallpaper MODEL ANSWERS

 

 

1)There are hedges and walls

There are gates that lock

There are lots of separate little houses

There is a delicious garden

 

2)The writer uses language to describe the room negatively and its effects on the narrator as being offensive.

Firstly the writer uses word choice to describe the effects of the room on the writer: the room “irritates”, “provokes” and “destroys”. All of these verbs suggest aggression, lasting damage and of having negative consequences thus showing the offense the room causes her and highlighting its portrayal as being negative. Secondly the writer uses metaphor to describe the pattern of the wallpaper as committing suicide. Just as committing suicide is destructive, negatively impacts those involved to the person and has permanent negative consequences so the wallpaper patterns seriously affects the narrator. The use of metaphor furthers the negative description of the room and its offense caused to the narrator.