Question

What does this excerpt from the end of "The Yellow Wallpaper" tell the reader about the narrator's mental shift?


I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!


A. The narrator believes the window bars will not allow her to escape.

B. The narrator believes the woman in the wallpaper will attack her while she sleeps.

C. The narrator believes that she was once behind the wallpaper herself.

D. The narrator believes the wallpaper is beautiful, and she wants to take some home.

Answer 1

Answer: B) The narrator believes that she was once behind the wallpaper herself.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper" we can see the description of how the narrator doesn't like to look out of the windows because she sees creeping women. From the given options, the phrase that tells the reader about the narrator's mental shift is "The narrator believes that she was once behind the wallpaper herself" we can see this when she says " I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper, as I did?"